well, once again, it has been a while. we've been trying to get organized at our house. cleaning, storage, fixing, hanging, all the fun stuff. i've told myself several times that i'm not allowed to start something new until i've completed the space to do it in. i'm really bad about not completely finishing what i start, as i've recently discovered while cleaning and trying to get organized. i keep coming across all of these different projects that i started at one point but never saw to completion. not good. anti-productive, if you will. and i've decided that it is high time i put my butt in my chair and see some of them through. admittedly it won't be all of them as some of them have been rendered irrelevant by time. however, having made several good strides toward separating them into two piles, "aught to finish" and "can't remember why started," i feel like progress is being made. the room i'm working on is almost finished, as far as organization can take it, and i'm down to the junk i haven't been able to force myself to throw away up to this point. that is my goal for this week, get rid of the useless junk i don't need or use. a cleansing, if you will, of things and potentially a way of thinking.
there's too much clutter in my life, all of which is entirely my own fault. it is time to step outside of myself and take a serious look at whether i really need these things in my life. do i really need all my old movie tickets? probably not. the candles i don't use? no. the potential regret after ridding myself of some things? no. random knickknacks that were gifts? those are more difficult. on the one hand, they were gifts that could be potentially asked after. on the other, they are taking up space, collecting dust, and being a general guilt trip. it is high time that i trust God with all of the decisions i'm personally too scared to make myself. honestly, who cares if i get rid of random knickknack #12? is it really important in the grand scheme of things? certainly not. well, either way, something must be done.
i am completely aware that this all sounds more than a tad whiny. i've been going over it in my head for years. however, as i grow older, i start to realized that most of the piddly little things aren't important. i need to stop stressing myself out about what others will think of me based on what i hold on to in life. that doesn't even make sense. what does make sense is thinking about the bigger picture. this is a big world we live in and while everyone has their part to play, our part is more based on our hearts than on the things we can't seem to let go of, especially the junk. so, it is time for cleansing. let's purge the junk from our minds and hearts.
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