This one’s been thrust into my brain time and again, but I never seem to take it to heart:
Simplify
To that end, having had to shove everything into the bedroom and out of the way to allow for the new flooring to be installed in the living room, dining room and kitchen (photos to follow in the future), I’m going to take the opportunity to chuck all the things I can to create a less ‘stuff dependent’ environment and life.
Now, this is not to say that I’m the sort to acquire things willy-nilly. No, much more the opposite these days. I can hardly justify getting anything new just for the sake of it, though I will confess to a good deal of virtual window shopping.
And speaking of window shopping, I need to start saving to get new windows.
I’m also toying with the idea of getting rid of my television sets (I have two, one in the living room and one in the (GASP) bedroom, though, to tell you the truth, the one in the bedroom doesn’t get used much at all anyway). I have no idea what I will do with the time but it HAS to be better than staring at that box for hours on end, doesn’t it?
I don't really think my life is all that complicated as it is, but I have more stuff than I need, which only leads to more problems than I need.
So I ask you, dear reader: What would you do without to simplify?
4 animadversions:
UH oh..... That sounds like it could mean follow through on my part.....
*sitting on hands*
oh crikey
well, see, I've done (with possessions) quite a few times over, having moved house eleven times in twenty years. . . altho I still do seem to have a few unpacked boxes from the second to last move. . .
I have to say, I love my "things"! collections of shells from beaches, art books, paintings, all my mugs, supplies of creative stuff. . . everything I look at as I glance around makes me smile with a fond memory or quizzical with the wonder of a future potential
and I like that
aspects of my life were seriously simplified for me, when X and I separated, when many many "friends" totally dumped me. . . but that's also enabled me to focus on what's important right now: the children, my mental health
also, as a result of that life change, not having so much spare cash simplifies things - can't do as much, go as many places, buy more new stuff: so what I try and focus on is making the best of what I do have
- being as good a mother as I can
- enjoying the company of the people who do still want to see me
- choosing what I do and making the most of the opportunity
- making the money work more efficiently (and really enjoying the "treats" I do treat myself to!)
of course there's always more clothes/books/stuff that could be thrown out or recycled or given to charity, but then there's also more time in the future to do that!
if you get rid of your tv, then spend the spare time volunteering, walking the dog (or someone else's), sitting in a coffee shop and people watching. . . might not work for you, but that's what I came up with off the top of my head!
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Oh. READ. Write.
Patio sit with the birdies and critters.
(one can do that 'with stuff' cluttering their house--I can attest to that!)
I can also safely say--I do NOT miss television one iota!
I'm in the same position - everything in the wrong places and wishing very much that it didn't all have to go back.
A lot of the things I could simplify were given to us and I think I could maybe decide that even a gift can be dispensed with if you never use it. (Even twenty or a hundred gifts :)
Good luck with your simplifying anyway :)
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