Reflections on my stuff!
Weird title, I know! But, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about all of the stuff that we have and what we can get rid of on this move. Why? Because I don’t want to pack it for one thing, but there’s more to it than that. Ella needs to know that having stuff doesn’t equal security, though I think because she’s already lived in three houses I almost let her think that way. She has so many little trinkets and stuffed animals that she plays with when she finds them. But, if she can always see them she doesn’t give them a second thought. Do I do that with my stuff??? Guilty as charged. So, I am striving to part with things this time around.
I have also been plagued with clutter in this house. Clutter can only happen if we keep a bunch of stuff we don’t know what to do with, right? I admit openly that I have piles because I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THINGS! Hello? I need to retrain myself to not purchase anything until it has a home! Not, the other way around. Pray with me as I part with my stuff and attempt to retrain my “collector’s” approach to life. I feel better when the clutter is gone. Why can’t I always feel that good??
I have an excellent friend who posted an awesome post on living the American Dream on her blog. Check out Becky’s latest post here. Tell her Jess sent you over to her blog when you comment on it.
What do you need to eliminate in your life? What are the things that are most important to be kept, cherished and treasured? I’d love to hear what you have to say.
Aunt Jean says:
Good luck. I think it is in your genes. I have been a clutterer all my life AND your Great Grandma Dillon was too. Patty tells a story about our mother and the one cabinet in her kitchen. On saturdays while our mother worked, Patty would clean that cabinet off and says that it didn’t take mom long to have it right back like it was before (stacked high). Her crocheting projects were always next to her chair, books on the table beside her chair, etc., she liked things close at hand. I do hope you succeed in your quest to elimate some of your ‘stuff’. One of the things I have is cards that I have received over the years and I can’t part with them.
Love you, Aunt Jean
LeeAnn/Mom/Grandma says:
How did I miss this post? Really a great post Jess and you shared the emotional attachment side to letting go of our stuff well. Living in a home with very few closets for over 32 years, made me learn to have to part with a lot of stuff that I may still be holding onto otherwise! I don’t know if it’s a little bit of Attention Deficit Syndrome or what, but clutter messes with me and causes me not to function well, so I’ve had to make myself declutter. One thing I cannot let go of is cards I’ve recieved from others that meant a lot to me (just like Aunt Jean) and also my journals that I’ve been writing in for over 36 years.
I’m praying for you as you start packing things up for the nest place God has for you.
Love you,
MOM