Thursday, July 13, 2006

Still organizing the house--a year after the move

I’m on vacation for a few weeks and I’ve spent parts of the first three days working on organization in the house. It’s about a year since I moved in. A lot of stuff got put into boxes and moved into the storage room and the garage. We had stuff that we didn’t have an immediate need for, but didn’t want to part with in the fear that we might need it “some day”.
That day has come and gone. If I haven’t needed it in the past year, I’m assuming I’ll never need it. Now, after trips to the dump, the recyling shed, and the thrift store, the garage is tidier, the storage room has empty space on the shelve, and I’m feeling as if a big weight of anxiety has been lifted from my back.
I used to think it’s about having more, but now I know it’s about wanting less. I think there’s a direct correlation between letting stuff go and the fact that my line of credit is paid off.

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