Less is More - Getting Rid of the Stuff
Dear Girlfriends,
Are you sometimes just so overwhelmed with family, life, home, and work that you feel like you're drowning in "stuff"? I once felt that way, too. My list of responsibilities - both at home and away from home - were all-consuming. I realized I wasn't picking my priorities - they were picking me!
One of the first places my obligations began to burden me was in our home. All this was very strange to me at the time, because we lived in a lovely abode. But that lovely abode was burdened with lots of stuff.
Steve and I determined that the obligations that came along with a nice home and a large lot in the suburbs (in Texas, both homes and parcels of land are sometimes ridiculously large) were creating a mental and physical burden for us. We decided less was more at our life stage and sold our home - furnished. Yes, someone loved our stuff so much that they bought our house intact. It was pretty scary leaving all our furniture behind, but it was totally liberating!
Today, we live in a modern-style home where simplistic design rules. Yes, less is so much more.
We have fewer plants to water; less special occasion decorations to put up, take down, and store; and no knick-knacks to dust. The result is a fuss-less, worry-free environment that allows me to breathe at home. Because there's less competing for my time and attention, I can finally do the one thing I had never really been able to do at home: sit. Because I'm no longer accumulating and arranging, I can do what you're supposed to do at home: relax.
Is it possible that your physical and mental "stuff" is the source of your energy drain? If so, it might be time for you to discover that less is more and how you, too, can identify those things that clutter your world.
Totally liberated,
Ellen
Posted by Ellen on March 20, 2007 12:10 PM
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