Drifting In A Sea of STUFF
Posted on | January 18, 2010 | 6 Comments
It was never meant to go on for this long — the procrastination about getting inside those boxes in the studio. They contained all of the items that we packed to put into storage when we left Melbourne 3 years ago and moved to the country. The cottage has been complete for awhile now — 6 and 1/2 months to be specific — and I am only just now getting around to summoning up the intestinal fortitude (and energy!) to attack the vast sea of STUFF.
The Cleanest Corner in the Whole Darned Building!
Truthfully, although there are some valid ‘excuses’ since I was heavily involved with getting my last 2 books launched into the world during all of those six months, I could have begun this process long before now.
I’m being very brave and posting photos so you can see what I am up against!
The Sea of STUFF to Sort Through!
Daunting — it was seriously, hyperventilatingly daunting to walk inside of that 54 square meter/580 square feet all-one-room building and see boxes stacked half-way up to the ceiling in places and opened boxes that had been partially unpacked and then shoved aside.
Many was the time that I had walked in there, taken a look around, and walked straight back out because i didn’t even know where to begin! Then I’d share that sensation with Mark and he would nod his head with widened eyes and say, “I know!”
So while Mark finishes the new diningroom/study addition on the back of the cottage, I have begun to take nibbles from the gargantuan task of sorting out and deciding what to keep, what to donate, what to give away to friends, and what to sell on ebay. I’m definitely in a less-is-more frame of mind because I feel that if I haven’t had any pressing need for those things over the last 3 years, I have probably forgotten well over half of what is in there and those items, for the most part, can now safely be ‘re-homed’ elsewhere.
Off to the studio to get dusty for awhile!
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January 18th, 2010 @ 3:16 PM
I empathize with your situation. We have a whole huge building with several large rooms in a similar state. Some boxes haven’t been opened in a decade. One step at a time and you’ll get there.
January 18th, 2010 @ 3:22 PM
You sound just like Mark — he told me to think of it as trying to eat an elephant — one small nibble at a time!
January 18th, 2010 @ 4:59 PM
Good grief Charlie Brown!
January 18th, 2010 @ 5:19 PM
Yep — that’s an understatement! Have been out here for hours (thank goodness I have computers in two places) and I have done a LOT — but you can barely see any difference. (sigh!)
Still nibbling…
January 19th, 2010 @ 12:43 AM
Those photos look like my basement! It takes lots of energy to move out all that STUFF. According to Feng Shui, clearing out the clutter allows more energy, vibrancy and abundance to come into our lives.
January 19th, 2010 @ 10:41 AM
Oh I do SO believe that! I have noticed that every time I clear out bunches and bunches of things and just free up the atmosphere instead of ‘holding tight’ to outdated or no longer required items, a BIG wave of abundance sweeps right in behind it. Hooray!
Beyond that thought though, there are people out there who have so much less than we have been blessed with and they can USE those clothes, shoes, blankets, and household things that we’ve had boxed up tight for 3 years.
And after working in there all afternoon yesterday and several hours last night, I slept like a baby when my head hit the pillow.