What is so precious about our stuff? My house is small, the grandkids are coming, I need to put some things out of Greta's sight so I made the decision to get rid of some stuff.
Good decision; impossible follow thru. I can't say any of this stuff defines me or is essential to my life or is critical to the decor but the most I've been able to do is put some of the bigger plants outside for the summer.
And even if I do get rid of it that requires staying out of the stores so I don't replace it. And I thought it was just the younger generation that has been trained to be consumers. Clearly, I have more addictions that I have wanted to own up to.
I have this fantasy of living in a minimalist environment: stark and clean. Of course, this will free my mind to write creatively, and within a year I will be publishing my book of essays and peotry rich in life lessons and the photographer will come to take my cove r photo in my home, doing so in black and white to capture the simple elegance........
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2 comments:
perhaps you should hire a consultant to work on getting rid of the clutter? there is a cook that i like (Alton Brown) that has a methodology for the kitchen: make 3 categories - 1) things you use daily/weekly or seasonally, 2) things you want to use but haven't recently, 3) and things you haven't used and don't plan on.
Put things in the second group out of the kitchen to clear up space. Get rid of things in the third group.
In 3 months, get rid of everything in the second group that you haven't used during that period.
Maybe you can apply this to other rooms? Books, of course, are the exception... ;)
What does that say for your brother, I thrive in clutter, it is my comfort and inspiration, clutter is at the very core of my being, to rid my space of clutter would create a void in my brain, but then you are a woman and I am not.
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