Hello Beautiful!

Many people have been asking what I have been up to in the incredible year of 2024 and what I am looking forward to as we step into 2025.

If I had to sum up 2024 in a single word, it would undoubtedly be "Cultivated."

It was truly a year of tending to the rich soil of my life, nurturing the seeds I have been diligently planting, and forging lasting relationships that I will cherish and carry with me into the future.

As a devoted KonMari consultant, I quickly began to realize that once individuals (including myself) had effectively cleared all the clutter from their lives, pulled out all the persistent weeds that had crept in over time, and created a peaceful physical sanctuary within their homes, it became essential to transition towards enhancing their overall lifestyle.

This is where Patty Morrissey her thoughtfully designed Clear and Cultivate Method came into play, I accepted an invitation to join her in a Pilot Program, the KonMari Club, a Year Long mutual improvement club of gently exploring 12 categories of life.

Every month you focus on a different area of life in a playful and curious way…

“ I wonder what might happen if…. “

This experience aligned so beautifully with what I have been passionately advocating for years: not only creating a spark joy home but also cultivating that spark joy life that we all deserve.

It is never to late to try something new, as proof here are a few highlights from my 2024

• Daily Walks in Nature

• Creating this little Corner of the Internet

• Having a Photoshoot to celebrate this season of life

• Planning and Putting in the work to create Memorable Family Holidays.

• Kayaking the Credit River.

• Making a quilt ( and discovering the joy of sending it to a “long arm”)

• Forest Restoration and Growing Copious amounts of Lavender as fire starter.

• Lovingly saying Goodbye to my pet of 14 years, Hazel.

• Joining Historical Walking Tours to be a tourist in my own town.

• Taking an EPIC girls trip to Savannah, Georgia.

• Korean BBQ and learning how to eat graciously with chopsticks

• Tuesday Night Hot Tub and Dinner Dates with my Mom.

• Hiking the Bruce Trail at Goodyear Memorial Scout Camp.

These are a few of the highlights but it is also important to note that I found a simplicity in slowing down everyday life. There is magic in early morning dance parties and slowly sipping coffee while you get ready for your day. Having dinner on the table at 5:30 (almost) every night, Baking fresh banana bread for my Tidy Festivals.

Twenty-Twenty Five just has a beautiful ring to it and as I look forward to the Year ahead and can’t wait to see what lies behind the next turn.. Sometimes we are offered an invitation that can change our life for the better. Because a friend offered it to me, I would like to offer it to you. I will forever be grateful that I now move through the world Tidy and Blooming thanks to Marie Kondo and Patty Morrissey.

Join me in 2025 by being a Founding Member of the KonMari Club!

With Love,

Caitlin Pedlar