For this would-be hoarder I took a big step today. I took my dresser from my childhood bedroom to the Salvation Army, so it could "bless" a family that really needed it. There is no room for it in my house and it was taking up space in the studio. And I remember during the renovation I clung to that dresser and kept it in the hall, leaving one foot of space to get around it. I clung to my childhood. I couldn't get rid of it because... I might need it some day... if we created a guestroom I could put it there... because I used to sit at it as a teen-ager and mope about how horrible it was to be a teenager. Whoa, all that crazy karma and I still wasn't able until now, at age 55, to give it up.
The hard part was giving it away without the mirror. I looked high and low and in the barn and shed and the mirror was nowhere to be found. I have/had/have this completeness thing, thinking that I can't give something away until I find all the pieces to it. I am having it with one of my son's toy sets. Until I find the scarecrow piece, urgh, it just doesn't feel right to send it away.
But I gave away the dresser. And if the scarecrow doesn't show up soon, the toy is traveling light.
I am half afraid I'm going to end up with nothing in the house except some very nice pillows.
I find your words inspiring! Especially the new website called FlyLady.flylady.
ReplyDeleteMy 15 minutes turned into an hour yesterday and the s p a c e in my "cloffice" where the PILE used to be makes me smile!
I didn't have anything else to do with the time and today it'll be only 15 minutes.
love you,
Pam
I've been waiting for you to post something else! I too need flylady. If i stay on track I am much happier but if I skip a few days! UGH! Anyway, just wanted you to know that I checked in to see if you had posted anything since January. hope all is well with you.
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