» 2011 New Year’s Theme Revealed: Why Is it Always All About Health? Journey to Simplicity: Ideas for a more Frugal, Simple, Godly home

An Exciting Healthy Makeover for All Aspects of Life

Sometime in November I began praying for guidance, and quite frankly pointed direction, of what would be most meaningful and helpful to you in the upcoming year. A few ideas began to form in mind and as I thought about what to present. However, it was during my yearend organizing of emails, topics, and survey results, which the picture became crystal clear and my excitement began to build! There are many specific areas that you are seeking help tackling, but the end result was always the same; healthy. You wanted help achieving healthy finances, scheduling, cooking styles, recipes, and food, mind, relationships with family and friends, body, home (clean and organized), and spiritual lifestyle. As this was revealed I began praying fervently of how to best assist you in being healthy in all these aspects of your life. Thus the Exciting 2011 New Year’s Theme was born. But before the big reveal, I just want to confess this is an uncharacteristically long post, but worth the few minutes of your time to read through to the very end, because you won’t believe what you are about read!

Living to be Healthy in 2011

Throughout 2011 Journey to Simplicity will be presenting you with tons of information to be Healthy in 2011. We will be talking about several aspects of your life that are in need of a healthy makeover. How exciting is that? Right here you will find new recipes for a healthier body, meeting nutritional needs for your whole family, including recipes for various types of diets and events (to help you stick to your healthy lifestyle), in addition to building physical flexibility, endurance, and strength for the entire family! We aren’t talking your typical New Year’s losing weight resolution here, ladies. We are talking about making lifestyle changes over time that incporporates all around health regardless of health issues, weight loss goals (large, small, or maintenance), recereational goals (i.e. I want to run a 5K this year), or number of family members with differing needs within your house. It’s time we got it all together and got healthy as a family!

Next, we will be presenting new aspects of scheduling your calendar for a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. Simple is healthy, but sometimes getting to a place of simplicity can be a task that is all around difficult when working several schedules within one family. We are going to meet those challenges head on and tackle them together. Who needs a stress filled and chaos run schedule? Not You! Get ready to make some simple changes that will result in a healthy change in your schedule.

Everyone can benefit from a healthy financial makeover. This year Journey to Simplicity is going to help you save even more money and make some lifestyle changes resulting in keeping your money where it belongs; in Your Wallet! I have been studying new ways to use old ideas and make them work for anyone. I have also been working on a plan that will help every family save money in all aspects of their financial expenses with the rising (and frequently fluctuating) cost of fuel, food, utilities, and medical costs. I have to admit as some of the ideas were put into beta mode, I was nervous, but the results are amazing! In addition we are going to talk a little about investing for the future; as always nothing complex. We will be looking at some simple clean line ways of keeping your money safe and growing it for your future. Whether you are just beginning to look at digging out of debt, you need a financial tune up, or you are somewhere inbetween, you will can look forward to great innovative ideas to get you financially healthy!

Think we are going to stop there? No Way! Part of living a healthy life is living in a home that is clean, moving towards green, and doesn’t make you cringe or feel stressed every time you enter it. A healthy home is organized in a way that best supports and enhances the way YOUR family functions. That can mean a whole range of different ideas and concepts to each family. We want to help you turn your home into a healthy home that allows your family to run more smoothly, that is a little greener (without spending a lot of green to do it), and makes you feel relaxed and comfortable every time you open the door. No more wanting to run away from your home. It’s time to bring back the home you can’t wait to return to!

Oh, but there is so much more to producing a life that is all around healthy; and Simple Journey Ministries is on the job! In 2011 we will be offering new and creative ideas for homeschooling, entertaining kids, and ways to stretch and challenge your inner creator right here at Journey to Simplicity. Whether your idea of art is oil painting, home decorating, writing, or viewing the clouds on a beautiful day, we are going to inspire and encourage you all throughout the year with ideas for family fun, simple and easy ways to inspire your children, and taking time to let your inner artist shine through. Allowing yourself to explore this area of your life will offer you a whole new aspect to all around healthy living to be sure!

How can you make changes to live a healthy life without looking at working on your own spiritual lifestyle and the relationships in which you are engaged? Well, simply put, you can’t. Simple Journey Ministries wants to be healthy all the way around, so we will be tackling some pressing issues that you face as a woman, wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, and neighbor. You may desire a way to re-ignite your time for daily devotions. Perhaps you have been praying about where to begin incorporating family devotional time or just a time of communal prayer with your reluctant husband. So, you have a difficult relationship in your life that you really want to reconcile or at least be able to work through without all the nasty negative and volatile feelings that come along with it. As a woman, you have many internal workings that are keeping you from being healthy within yourself right where you are. Does your marriage need a passion makeover? Well, we are going to be inspiring you to re-ignite your marital flame in 2011, as well! Over at Simple Journey Ministries we will be helping you overcome and succeed with these issues so you can live a complete life filled with joy. A healthy spiritual life is life that will reflect the gloy of God in every aspect of your life. What we have in store for you in 2011 is nothing short of Fabulous!

2011 is all about making lifestyle changes to promote a living an all around healthy lifestyle for you and your family. We are more than excited to be on this journey with you!

So, now I have left the Best for Last. I bet you are thinking about where the catch is. When is the cost of all this going to be revealed? Is there going to be a switch to a paid for membership site? There has to be some catch, right? NO! One of the issues Simple Journey Ministries has been working on is keeping costs as low as possible for you. With some serious restructuring, we are more than excited to say that 99% of everything we have instore for living to be healthy in 2011 is absolutely free! We are working with others to co-ordinate as much as possible to accomplish this for you. We will continue to recommend products that we believe to benefit you along your journey and we may offer you some additional supplemental material for a nominal charge, however you will never at anytime be required to purchase anything. All we ask in return for all we offer is that you prayerfully consider making a donation to help keep us up and running. We do have ongoing expenses to run the ministry and every little bit helps. Other than that, you can expect everything we have outlined here for healthy living in 2011 absolutely FREE!