• May. 28, 2008 - Decluttering my Life

Life has a way of cluttering up.  Not just in objects, but in the way of stress and emotions.  Words like "overwhelmed" and "unorganized" come to mind with I think of this.So many of us are on the run taking kids to dance, horse riding, or soccer.  It's like not only our homes have become full of "stuff", so have our  to-do lists.  I have been dealing with a great deal of stress due to a medical professional making a big mistake with my daughter's care.  I won't go into details, but basically my life has been way too full of unnecessary medical stresses, appointments, and procedures.  I need my entire life to be decluttered.  I am starting with my house.  It feels good to declutter the stuff we no longer need.  I give it to friends or people on our local free4all list.   I have filled one industrial sized garbage bag so far and I am going to go from room to room and see what I can get rid of.  Being a homeschool teacher is hard because it makes me into a natural pat rat.  I look at a teaching book, or poster and say to myself.. "Oh, I won't need this.  But perhaps it will come in handy later" Then I tuck it away and clutter up my house.  It's time to say goodbye to clutter.  At the same time I am also trying to declutter my thoughts and worries.  I have been trying to do too much for so long.  I have 5 kids, 3 with special needs.  I run around like a crazy woman on some days, trying to meet everyone's needs.  I have been forgetting about my own needs.   I went out for dinner with a dear friend last week.  I came home so much more relaxed and ready to conquer the world. Going out gave me a chance to "declutter" my worries and thoughts and really understand what direction my life is taking me.  I think I need to declutter my thoughts just like I am decluttering my home.  It's almost like I am healing a broken me and healing my home of life's clutter. Namaste!

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