OK, i have to be honest I have not been prepared for the amount of clutter that this decluttering malarkey brings. It has made me feel quite low. For some inexplicable reason i was expecting to feel a certain amount of euphoria. As I look at my previous success now covered again in clutter, my first visible success has gone into hiding. In he first couple of weeks i took out 4 boxes of books, 3 bags of wool and i have about 8 massive bags of stuff waiting to go to the skip, I am always finding stuff and adding it, i have just taken out a further bag of bric-a-brac and a bag of books that i had forgotten about, so with all my work i am still knee deep in clutter so to speak,. Then to add insult to injury I opened a drawer to put something in it, something else fell down the back and now I can’t close the door, its so annoying.
I realise that my expectations were a bit on the foolish side, i have not allowed for the nature of me that is to spread, yes i am naturally messy, so i am not likely to be able to clean up and choose my loved items neatly. It also goes back to the point made in my previous post regarding the continuing realisation that i have too much stuff, the next realisation that clearly I have wasted a lot of money over the years in obtaining this stuff and yes, dare I say it, a bit of laziness in throwing stuff away. For example I came across the MOT certificates for my old car, the one before this, now consider this context, i have had my current car for 9&1/2 years. This and all the fads i have participated in over the years, car making, knitting, jewellery making etc stuff that i never saw through, most of that stuff has been moved a better home, but my point is it created clutter
At least i have not found any other duplicate items, and am really happy that charity shops take bric a brac. I can't even begin to imagine what its going to be like when i really get started on my wardrobes and drawers.
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