She's Smart and Stuff

Whatever the question, I'm beginning to think Mila has the answer. The way she views the world is stunningly accurate, maybe because there's no noise in her head? She's laser focused on exactly one thing - doing what makes her happy.

She's like a miniature Marie Kondo, but doesn't just apply joy to material things. She throws away every minute of every day that isn't bringing her joy. If she doesn't want to do something, she just ... doesn't.

It's admirable. Truly.

Even better, though, is that she talks sense into me at times. There's a *cough* few Christmas trees at our house and while most of them have been put away for over a week, there's one that lingers. It's the shining beacon of light filling the family room with warmth and joy. It's the one tree that takes a lot of work to dismantle, so I keep procrastinating getting started with taking it down. If I start, the happy will fall away. I can't finish it in a short amount of time, so it will turn into that thing that steals happiness from me for at least a few days.

Really, there's nothing sadder than a half-dressed Christmas tree.

Alexis and I were talking about when we could tag-team to take down the tree in its entirety when Mila crashed into the conversation with her usual dose of blunt truthiness.

"Why would take down the tree? It's really pretty and I want to look at it for a long time."

YEAH, MILA. She's right. Why take it down when it's still making us happy? Go ahead and look in my windows and judge, neighbors, I'm over here keeping my joy going. Because Mila told me to.

Comments

[Karen]

As your neighbor I say no judgment here and request the same. I keep mine up well into January for the exact same reason! Why end the happiness?