This camper life has truly allowed us to slow down. I’d say the overall word that has guided us this past year has been intentional. Intentionally spending our time. Intentionally spending our money. Being intentional in all areas of life. When your time and life feels like pinball machine going here and bouncing there, not in control of where it rolls but just going going going its hard to feel like many of the decisions are intentional.
This life we have lived the past year has been truly different than what it was before. Because our life is small it is naturally simpler and easier to slow down and creating true space to be intentional. I feel like small changes in each area have all add up to more time, and more time just seems to breathe life into intentionality.
Where do these time chucks come from?? Take laundry…we have one laundry basket and we have to do it once it’s full, there is no room for over flow. One load of laundry is very easily done. And then it has to be put away when done because there is no space for it to sit out. It’s the same with the dishes. There is no build up because there is no space for that. And it’s the same with toys and just about everything.
There are not hours of laundry, it takes 3 mins to vacuum, dishes are from a single meal not days worth, there is no day of the week devoted to chores. It’s a tiny bit of this work done each day. And this creates time, time to slow down and be intentional. When we go for a walk or a hike there is no time frame besides the setting sun 😉 (no one wants to get stuck out there in the dark!) There’s nothing to rush back for. The walk is not squeezed in between x, y, or z. It’s peaceful. So when we see something special it’s sweet to get to stop and watch. To stop and notice this little surprise God has given to us. To be still and know.
It’s my prayer that the peace this mindset and way of living brings, sticks with us.
Looking at a tadpole 
Found a fuzzy white caterpillar eating lunch 
Walking through the puddles 
Feeling the moss on the top of a cliff 
Mac found the biggest walking stick we’ve seen 
They boys loved watching it climb a tree! 
Taking it all in 
Admiring the snail 
Gazing out on the field of elk