Spent New Year's Day purging and cleaning while Hoarders played in the background so I could pause every now and then shake my head at the TV and say "geesh" for that feeling of superiority needed to complete the task.
I wasn't able to accomplish it all in one day, in fact I'm procrastinating at this very moment by sitting at my computer instead of tackling my closet. The procrastination was not all in vain, I came across a book that I promptly ordered.
That lead me to a website...
I'm inspired! I'm working my way from top (my bedroom) to bottom (my basement).
I have always had a problem with keeping stuff, mementos, things I might regret letting go of.
When I was packing my belongings preparing for my divorce I knew my "replacement" would be moving in as fast as her gold-digging, homewrecking self possibly could. Every item I prepared to put a in a box I asked myself, "Is this worth taking?". The answer was always "Yes, I don't want her to have it and if I don't take it now I won't have the chance to come back and get it"... Sad, I know!
This is not meant to be a "poor me" post. It's a post about less is more and the idea that if you want to bring new things into your life you must make space for them to enter.
I have recently came to the realization that this stuff is not improving my life but weighing me down, it has negative energy attached to it that will not allow me to move on. Every time I look at my basement I feel heavy and overwhelmed. So, every weekend for the next few months are dedicated to boxing things up, donating, consigning and throwing away the mementos from the house Turin Drive.
This is my main goal in 2012... to let go, live more simply.
Why simplify your life, your closet, your junk drawer, your desk? Because when you have less, you appreciate more! SIMPLIFY today... it's just stuff!
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