Long time no post! My blog at ThingsIGaveAway.com has gone MIA, so I am back here for the short run until my other online home is available. Speaking of homes, since it is spring I have decluttering, cleaning and redecorating on my mind. I have two visions in mind: (1) a smaller, well-appointed, more manageable home, here in the Great White North i.e. being in a position to sell this house in the years ahead, and (2) creating a home environment now that supports everyone in the family and that I am not a slave to. That is a pretty big bite, but manageable, provided I enlist some help. Husband will serve as devil's advocate and sharp rock against which I throw myself.
What I am sure of is that I do not want to spend my life energy on maintaining any more stuff than necessary. Of course, this brings one to that essential contradiction in life, trying to find that critical balance between stuff we need and stuff we don’t. Maybe need is the wrong word.
The February 2011 De-Clutter Your Life issue of O Magazine, brought this issue sharply into focus. Oprah declared: "Enough already with the stuff that doesn't enhance who you really are." ("What I Know for Sure", page 212). I couldn't agree more. At the same time, the magazine is stuffed to the suggestion for more things to buy (The O List, Look What we Found!, Great Buys Under $100, not to mention page after page of ads for still more stuff.) And here we have the essential contradiction that so many of us face. What to keep? What to toss? What to acquire? What to invest our life energy in?
This is the question I intend to examine in the weeks and months ahead. For now, I’ve thought of one question to help me stay on task: is this something that I want to drag with me to my next house?
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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