Last week I decided that I REALLY did want to put the effort in beginning to prepare our home to put on the market in the hopes of selling it soon and purchasing a new (larger) home. There are lots of reasons that I feel it is time for a bigger house, and I will share these in the coming months as things hopefully begin to unfold with this next step we hope to take.
As I began to pull things out from drawers and cabinets, I made piles and stacks of items...keep, give away, trash, storage, return to where I pulled it from. After several hours and a couple of boxes and bags later, I had successfully organized the belongings in a particular area of my home. The items that weren't worth keeping made it out to the trash can. The items to be given away were placed in a box and the items I plan to keep (having made it through round one of "operation de-clutter") we put into plastic storage bins and returned to cabinets or closets.
It was amazing how in just a few hours I had lightened my load. Not just physically having lessened the junk in my home, but also in how I felt emotionally. The weight of that disorganization and over-abundance seemed to be lessened greatly. I realized that in organizing and simplifying the contents of my home I had also de-cluttered my mind. What a great spiritual lesson...
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: states:
3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; For me it is a time to determine what to keep and what to cast away...this time I concentrated on the tangible things in my life, but I think next time I might use this technique to work on some of the emotional stuff that would be better off if cast away.
I hope you'll join me in this effort to clear out some of the physical and emotional junk that may be weighing on you- I think you'll be glad you did!
As I began to pull things out from drawers and cabinets, I made piles and stacks of items...keep, give away, trash, storage, return to where I pulled it from. After several hours and a couple of boxes and bags later, I had successfully organized the belongings in a particular area of my home. The items that weren't worth keeping made it out to the trash can. The items to be given away were placed in a box and the items I plan to keep (having made it through round one of "operation de-clutter") we put into plastic storage bins and returned to cabinets or closets.
It was amazing how in just a few hours I had lightened my load. Not just physically having lessened the junk in my home, but also in how I felt emotionally. The weight of that disorganization and over-abundance seemed to be lessened greatly. I realized that in organizing and simplifying the contents of my home I had also de-cluttered my mind. What a great spiritual lesson...
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: states:
3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
For me it is a time to determine what to keep and what to cast away...this time I concentrated on the tangible things in my life, but I think next time I might use this technique to work on some of the emotional stuff that would be better off if cast away.
I hope you'll join me in this effort to clear out some of the physical and emotional junk that may be weighing on you- I think you'll be glad you did!