I don’t do it regularly. But every once in a while I make myself some (outrageous?) goals. I put a date on them. Put them out to the world. Take baby steps towards them. And then the world opens up, embraces my idea, gives me an avenue I’d never imagined, and hands me my wish…
Category: Decluttering
Lessons in Simplifying Your Stuff
Our new pope decided he preferred a two-room suite to the 12-room apartment his predecessors have occupied since the early 1900s. He cited reasons of simplicity and community. Simplicity is making news, but it’s not a new concept. Jesus inspired his followers to leave everything behind and, “Come, follow me.” But I don’t think Peter walked away…
Update: Project 333
Should you open the door to my walk-in closet right now, you will find twenty-three items of clothing and four pairs of shoes. That’s it. I have been participating in Project 333 since October 14, 2012. That’s the day I went through my entire wardrobe and picked thirty-three items I would wear for the next…
On My Way!
I had a purely joyful day cleaning out a closet yesterday. I know this is not normal. But neither am I. As many of you know, I love to declutter. What do I love more than decluttering my own life? Helping other people declutter theirs. But yesterday it was on my home turf. It all…
Serendipity and Collages
I got an e-mail that the local library was doing a class on collages. Yes, collages. Remember those? Tearing images out of magazines, arranging them somehow, gluing it all together? Well, adults do it too…and sell them for quite a bit of money. (Well, our teacher does at least!) Realizing I hadn’t been on an…
The Pursuit of Happiness
A speaker I went to hear last night said it seems we forgot about our right to pursue happiness. That, instead, we’ve replaced it with the right to pursue materialistic things. I see his point. People think the accumulation of more or bigger “stuff” leads to “happiness.” So we’re a society with lots of stuff. …
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