Every once in a while I get bitten by the decluttering bug! I just get the urge to go around and declutter things, to clear some physical and some mental space. I have been noticing that as things get completed on my to-do list, it creates some space... space for something else to show up. Which is a great feeling... To feel that tehre is some space, rather than feeling enclosed by everything and anything. Space to move... space to create...
For me though, I still struggle with wanting to complete everything on my to-do list quicly and completely... like now! I am trying to get used to the idea that I can complete one piece of a project and don't need to do the whole project all today... These are month-long or year-long projects, so they do need some time... But to just do it a piece at a time... that makes it manageable...
The same for decluttering. Sometimes I'll just tackle one closet or one cupboard or one bookshelf or one room. I don't need to go around decluttering everything... I still have that box of nic-nacs that never got unpacked after the move... so maybe it's time to tackle that one box... to create some space. To really look at each nic-nac and ask myself... "what is the story that this nic-nac has... that I am attached to?".. What is that story... What is that emotional hold that it has on me... or that I have on it...
Some things remind me of good times... some things remind me of bad times... some things no longer have a hold of me... and I can let them go...
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