A Different Kind of Weight
Life is work. This is not a new feeling for me but lately it feels like I'm in overtime. Today we are employed, healthy, happy, and just a bit overwhelmed with disorgainzation. Hence one of the greatest frustrations of my life as well as one of the things that weighs me down.
Several years ago I discovered decorating shows on TV. I had breast cancer in late 2005 and treatment continued through to April 2006. During the time I was getting chemo the only thing I could do for about one week of three was sit in my chair and watch TV. It ws during that time that I watched almost every orgainzation show there was. I was inspired and when I got to the point I could do stuff again I started whittling away at what I thought was my already whittled away pile of stuff.
I have not completed the whittling so there is still some stuff I need to get out of the apartment including two big boxes of clothes that do not fit. The goal for the rest of May is to get everything out of the apartment that I know I do not want and recover that space. I'm pretty good at getting the pile created then having to look at it for weeks if not months before I actually get it out of the house.
I'm going to try a list. I'm not going to schedule it because that always defeats me when something gets in the way of the to do list.
I have to following rooms and/or spaces that need a going through. I would not mind if you the reader ask me how I am doing a kind of accountability thing. If I know someone may ask me if I managed to get to the master closet yet, I will be more inclinded to go in there and scruntinze my shoes.
The list:
master bathroom
master closet
master bedroom
dining room
living room
kitchen
pantry
entry way closet
spare bathroom
den
den closet
porch
garage
You can see that the list isn't huge and we live in a 1000 sq ft apartment with a detatched one car garage so it should not take long. The reason the garage is last is that is where all the unwanted stuff will end up until my husband can load up the truck and haul it away. Or if we can coordinate, freecycle some of it. I'm not going to start on freecycling here but suffice it to say, freecycing to get rid of stuff is often more work than it is worth.
Wish me luck and watch for more posts on my progress.
Several years ago I discovered decorating shows on TV. I had breast cancer in late 2005 and treatment continued through to April 2006. During the time I was getting chemo the only thing I could do for about one week of three was sit in my chair and watch TV. It ws during that time that I watched almost every orgainzation show there was. I was inspired and when I got to the point I could do stuff again I started whittling away at what I thought was my already whittled away pile of stuff.
I have not completed the whittling so there is still some stuff I need to get out of the apartment including two big boxes of clothes that do not fit. The goal for the rest of May is to get everything out of the apartment that I know I do not want and recover that space. I'm pretty good at getting the pile created then having to look at it for weeks if not months before I actually get it out of the house.
I'm going to try a list. I'm not going to schedule it because that always defeats me when something gets in the way of the to do list.
I have to following rooms and/or spaces that need a going through. I would not mind if you the reader ask me how I am doing a kind of accountability thing. If I know someone may ask me if I managed to get to the master closet yet, I will be more inclinded to go in there and scruntinze my shoes.
The list:
master bathroom
master closet
master bedroom
dining room
living room
kitchen
pantry
entry way closet
spare bathroom
den
den closet
porch
garage
You can see that the list isn't huge and we live in a 1000 sq ft apartment with a detatched one car garage so it should not take long. The reason the garage is last is that is where all the unwanted stuff will end up until my husband can load up the truck and haul it away. Or if we can coordinate, freecycle some of it. I'm not going to start on freecycling here but suffice it to say, freecycing to get rid of stuff is often more work than it is worth.
Wish me luck and watch for more posts on my progress.
You are touching hearts.. you are right that sometimes we devalue the things and after some long time we love to do them again.
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