My favorite word lately is "half," as in, "I
want half this crap gone."
I am going through a lightening process, like a snake
shedding its skin. Oh, who am I kidding? It's more like a competition
weightlifter throwing the bar to the ground just before it makes dust of every
bone in his straining body.
I have had some of this stuff for far too long. Years. I'm not a hoarder,
thankfully, but I'm still reluctant to throw a lot of stuff away. At least, I
have been in the past. It's go time.
I bet this will come in handy someday! We all do it,
and we all keep shit we shouldn't. The problem is that if we keep enough, the
thing that will come in handy becomes buried under a hundred other things that
will come in handy.
Now, after putting up with such nonsense for longer than I'm
comfortable admitting, I'm going gung-ho with the trash bags. I've thrown more
out in the last two weeks than I have in my lifetime.
And it feels good. Great, in fact.
I live in a small house. I do not have space to be a storage
unit for crap I don’t need, don’t use, and won't need. Ever. It's one thing to
actually keep a few things around that will come in handy, but some of
the stuff I have held onto for years makes me question my sanity. Really.
Anyhow, I've big plans for my office, big plans for the
garage (BIG!), big plans for the yard. And, unlike the old me, these plans are
already in full force, happening now. Remember that old CCR song "Someday
Never Comes"?
Yeah, it doesn't. Someday is today. And today, I'd like some
damned room, thanks.
#proudofmystrength
