Anyone else stubborn like me where if someone tells you what you will or won’t do, it only makes you more motivated to prove them wrong? 💁🏼‍♀️ I’ve always pushed back against generalizations from others about what kind of woman, employee, wife, and mother I will end up being. “You better enjoy decorating your house like this now, because once you have a child, your whole house is going to be covered in toys and won’t look like this!” “good luck ever having a beautiful home again!” and while it has been a little more work to maintain my home like I’m used to since having Brooks, I don’t feel like I’ve had to give it up. Besides, it’s kind of what I do for a living so it’s not like I can just say sorry, I’m a mother now, home decor be gone! 😆 I don’t believe that motherhood (or fatherhood) has to be an either or situation. Where you have to somehow lose yourself and give up everything that you find enjoyment in just because you become a parent. Just because you share your home with your children. I think you can do both if it’s something that you care about; if it’s something that you value. The example I always like to use when talking about priorities is dusting your blinds. Do you make dusting your blinds daily a priority? Probably not. I mean honestly, who has the time for that?! But, what if somebody offered you $500 a day to dust your blinds. Do you think you would find the time for it? You bet! Because you’ve assigned VALUE to it. That priority has value for you. That goes for anything in your life that you enjoy. Assign it value. Make time for hobbies or decorating and doing things that you enjoy. Whether that is reading a book, baking, getting in an exercise class, or binge watching your favorite TV show before bed. Don’t forget you are an individual too! And if putting out throw pillows and pumpkins makes your heart happy, you go on and do it girlfriend! Don’t let the naysayers tell you otherwise! You can instantly shop my home by following me, Hydrangea House, on the LIKEtoKNOW.it shopping app! http://liketk.it/2WG6k StayHomeWithLTK LTKfall liketkit @liketoknow.it @liketoknow.it.home falldecor livingroomdecor