Sunday, May 28, 2017

Shall I leap?

The more stuff I get rid of the more I realize how much crap I have. I feel that I am rapidly approaching a fork in the  road. I have two options:

1) continue the way i am going by slowly going through everything and getting rid of excess,
2) pick only the stuff I need or are important to me or my husband, and get rid of everything else.

It is amazing to me how much stuff we had and still have. I don't need 90% of this crap. Everywhere I look I see useless things taking up space. This does not mean I am completely utilitarian in what i want. I love the art that I have on my walls and some of my flimsy accessories and books. It is more that they don't get to shine and stand out with all the other stuff we have that takes up space and attention.

Maybe I am going a little nuts but my goal for the inside of the house is to have only a couple of good chairs that we enjoy sitting in while reading or talking, a sofa that is comfortable as a opposed to the demon furniture that we have currently and which is hell bent on ruining my back. A small kitchen table that can be folded down or put away. An office with just my desk and my computer plus a chair.
You get the picture.

It has taken me baby steps to get to this point where I just want to take a leap. In the year I have been doing this I don't regret one single item I have given or thrown away. Cautiously optimistic that a leap will not lock me into Most Regrettable Life Decision Mode.