Simplify your life your way - minimalism
- 7 лет назад
Simplify your life your way - minimalism When I sold my 4 bedroom house and moved into a small 1 bedroom apartment there was quite a few things that I discovered, and I think what I learned is Tidy Tutor Worthy to share with you.\r
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I tried to rid myself of everything I didnt need. I still had quite a bit of stuff. It does fit in my apartment, but I was frustrated that I was speeding so much time setting house. Somehow I felt that it was wrong. I speak often about how managing our things is something that we do not want to occupy most of our time. But I learned that this was different. \r
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The pendulum always swings from one extreme to the other before it falls in a balance. Here is what happened in my thinking. I knew and know that most of us have more than we need. Even me, who wrks so hard at minimizing and living with less, I still realize, if you watch any of the videos that I have, on my home page, you ca see a littleabout minimalism, and I discovered when I was seeing out minimalism that I had things that I didnt need, and didnt even want anymore. Simply because they are a part of my identity and also they fit in my home, why should I get rid of these greeting cards? They fit here. Why get rid of the paper cutter? It is fine in this office area. Why take these shelves down and do something different with my porch? I like the porch! \r
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But the thing was I didnt need the paper cutter, I didnt need all of those greeting cards, and I wanted to to something different with my porch than. And that is when the big realization came to me. I thought to myself, WAIT! If I want to do something to my porch, but I wont because of my things have more power over me than they should something isnt right here, and I began on a journey.\r
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When I moved into my one bedroom apartment what happened was I started feel ing like, WAIT! I am spending way too much time on stuff! But this is what I realized.That even way back in the “Little House of the Prairie” days when they had very little things, they still took a lot of time to make a home. Of course I know that they ually had to cut down trees and build a home, but even so, having a place that you call home, and making it your own, that is something that really does require time and consideration, and its OK, and that is what I meant when I said that the pendulum swings from one extreme to the other before it lands in the middle. \r
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I went from having things and being fine to not wanting to have anything because I felt like they were controlling me until where I am now, realizing that it really is a journey. Life is a journey, and so what is the difference how you get there, as log as there is happy while we are on our way. \r
When we stop being happy on our journey, that is when we have to be concerned. \r
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While I do believe that our number one obstacle is too much stuff, You can not organize clutter and if you want your life to be streamlined and organized, we have to consider first; do we have more than we need? Do we have more than fits in the space that we live in?\r
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If you have things in your home that are manageable (as in, they all fit in your space) than take your time, of course you could take your time no matter what, but if you have way too much stuff, taking your time is going to cost ya. You really have to take some big girl steps and see what is it that you really want, and then go after it. If you want to write a book, go back to college, start a business? If you want to have another baby, or get married; if there is anything that you want but the mess is standing in your way, then you have to get serious. \r
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You wont be happy that way, and being happy requires some work sometimes. We dont like to do work, but we do like to be happy :)\r
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I think I started rambling, so thats it for this Motivation Monday.\r
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Let me know what you think.\r
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Much Love!\r
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Kathy
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I tried to rid myself of everything I didnt need. I still had quite a bit of stuff. It does fit in my apartment, but I was frustrated that I was speeding so much time setting house. Somehow I felt that it was wrong. I speak often about how managing our things is something that we do not want to occupy most of our time. But I learned that this was different. \r
\r
The pendulum always swings from one extreme to the other before it falls in a balance. Here is what happened in my thinking. I knew and know that most of us have more than we need. Even me, who wrks so hard at minimizing and living with less, I still realize, if you watch any of the videos that I have, on my home page, you ca see a littleabout minimalism, and I discovered when I was seeing out minimalism that I had things that I didnt need, and didnt even want anymore. Simply because they are a part of my identity and also they fit in my home, why should I get rid of these greeting cards? They fit here. Why get rid of the paper cutter? It is fine in this office area. Why take these shelves down and do something different with my porch? I like the porch! \r
\r
But the thing was I didnt need the paper cutter, I didnt need all of those greeting cards, and I wanted to to something different with my porch than. And that is when the big realization came to me. I thought to myself, WAIT! If I want to do something to my porch, but I wont because of my things have more power over me than they should something isnt right here, and I began on a journey.\r
\r
When I moved into my one bedroom apartment what happened was I started feel ing like, WAIT! I am spending way too much time on stuff! But this is what I realized.That even way back in the “Little House of the Prairie” days when they had very little things, they still took a lot of time to make a home. Of course I know that they ually had to cut down trees and build a home, but even so, having a place that you call home, and making it your own, that is something that really does require time and consideration, and its OK, and that is what I meant when I said that the pendulum swings from one extreme to the other before it lands in the middle. \r
\r
I went from having things and being fine to not wanting to have anything because I felt like they were controlling me until where I am now, realizing that it really is a journey. Life is a journey, and so what is the difference how you get there, as log as there is happy while we are on our way. \r
When we stop being happy on our journey, that is when we have to be concerned. \r
\r
While I do believe that our number one obstacle is too much stuff, You can not organize clutter and if you want your life to be streamlined and organized, we have to consider first; do we have more than we need? Do we have more than fits in the space that we live in?\r
\r
If you have things in your home that are manageable (as in, they all fit in your space) than take your time, of course you could take your time no matter what, but if you have way too much stuff, taking your time is going to cost ya. You really have to take some big girl steps and see what is it that you really want, and then go after it. If you want to write a book, go back to college, start a business? If you want to have another baby, or get married; if there is anything that you want but the mess is standing in your way, then you have to get serious. \r
\r
You wont be happy that way, and being happy requires some work sometimes. We dont like to do work, but we do like to be happy :)\r
\r
I think I started rambling, so thats it for this Motivation Monday.\r
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Let me know what you think.\r
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Much Love!\r
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Kathy