I is for Inventory: Filtering Your Life to Keep What Matters Most
Thursday, June 19, 2025
🎙 THE ALIGN Reset Series:
🌾I is for Inventory: Where Is It All Going?
🎧 Listen to this episode right here or on your favorite podcast platform:
Episode 9 – A Cup of Hope Podcast
💬 Filtering your life to keep what matters most
Have you ever opened a junk drawer and thought, “What even is all this?”
Life can feel the same way. Too many things pulling at your time, your energy, your money—and before you know it, you’re stuck in survival mode with no idea where it’s all going.
In this episode of A Cup of Hope, we’re taking the next step in the ALIGN Reset and shining a light on the clutter that keeps you stuck. This isn’t about judging what you find—it’s about noticing. Because what you’re not inventorying, you can’t transform.
🚪 What’s Hiding in Your Junk Drawer?
We all have one—physically or figuratively. That place where random things collect.
You had a reason for keeping them at the time… but now, it’s just clutter.
The same thing can happen with your calendar.
Your money.
Your commitments.
Without awareness, we keep saying yes to things that cost us more than we realize.
🧹 Seed Cleaning: A Slow but Beautiful Process
On the farm, we used a tool called a seed cleaning screen to clean wheat before grinding it into flour.
Each layer of the screen filtered out debris—sticks, leaves, tiny seeds, even dust—until all that was left was what was pure and useful.
Your life needs that same kind of slow, intentional sifting.
Not everything gets thrown out… but not everything gets to stay either.
Inventory is about filtering. Noticing. Naming.
What’s nourishing? What’s noise?
💬 Scripture to Reflect On
“Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds, for riches don't last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next.”
— Proverbs 27:23–24 (NLT)
Back then, flocks were your wealth—your livelihood.
Today? Your “flocks” might look like your calendar, your bank account, or your to-do list.
Taking inventory helps you ask:
✅What am I really spending my time on?
✅Where is my money going that I didn’t plan for?
✅What’s draining my energy—and does it need to?
✨ Awareness Is the First Step Toward Alignment
When we look at our life—what we’ve said yes to, what we’ve been tolerating, how we’re spending our time, money, and energy—we start to see what actually matters.
You don’t need to do everything.
You don’t need to fix it all today.
But you do need to notice.
You’re the gatekeeper.
And clarity gives you the courage to choose wisely.
📝 Let’s Take Inventory Together
In the ALIGN Reset Journal, I guide you through this exact process—with grace and curiosity.
We track where your time, energy, and money are going so you can realign with what matters most.
💡You’ll ask yourself:
- What am I really spending my time on?
- What’s draining me?
- What energizes me and aligns with my values?
- What am I tolerating that needs to go?
When these bowls are nested in the right order, life feels aligned. When they’re flipped, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
☕ Your Cup of Hope Challenge
This week, take 10 quiet minutes to reflect on your own life inventory.
No pressure. No guilt. Just awareness.
Ask yourself:
“If I keep spending my time, energy, and money this way, where will I end up?”
You don’t need a full plan to take the next step.
You just need to notice—and begin.
🤝 Join the Conversation
Pop into the A Cup of Hope Community and share:
What did you notice when you took inventory of your life?
Let’s cheer one another on as we filter out the noise and focus on what truly matters.
💛 Want more support?
If this episode stirred something in you, check out the ALIGN Reset Group—a 7-week coaching experience to help you slow down, get clear, and start living intentionally.
🌱 Small group. Safe space. Life-changing tools.
➡️ Join the waitlist at SherryDuShawCoaching.com/ALIGN
🔗 Links & Resources:
Follow along with the ALIGN Reset Journal.
If this episode blessed you, would you take a moment to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend who needs encouragement?
💛 Remember: God can take the broken pieces of your story and create something more beautiful than you ever imagined. Until next time, I’m Sherry DuShaw, and this is A Cup of Hope.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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