Dear Friends,You know me. You know my struggles. You know my successes.
You know they often co-exist.
After reading and re-reading several of the organizing, decluttering, cleaning books, the biggest thing I've taken away is that things always get worse before they get better.
And that often it's a very fine line between what you see on my desk and what you see in my bathroom.
A very fine line between what's going on in my front room ... what is going on in there? And what's going on in the living room (well, except for the "line up the books" game that is a constant favorite around here).
One of the books pointed out an extremely amusing similarity amongst clutterbugs ... they collect storage containers. Very interesting. It's always with the hopes of finally figuring out how to o
rganize all that "stuff."Yup ... that was my hope. But, the more stuff I get rid of ... the less stuff I have to organize. And the more the containers have become the clutter. Hmmm.
As I write this, I see a similarity to weight loss. You lose weight and you've got all your "fat clothes" and you keep them ... just in case. Just in case you're fat again. Wow! How unhelpful is that!!?!!
I've even said that about the containers. I'm keeping them in case I need them. A thought process I've just about eliminated when it comes to clutter, but for some reason allowed myself to apply to the containers.
In case ... what? In case I go back to my old ways and am swamped with so much stuff, I can't see straight? I'm over you, containers. You're outta here!Does anyone need a container or two? (Or twenty?)
2 comments:
Crack me up :) I have a lot of containers and bins too... what does that mean? I guess I better get sewing. Too much fabric!
Lol! I have tons of containers myself. I read a book "It's all too much", and in it he says not to ever buy any kind of organizers... they are just more stuff, and you won't need them if you get rid of the stuff you shouldn't have. I know what i'm supposed to do, and what not to do to become uncluttered, but it just isn't happening as fast as i'd like.
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