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Decluttering. Its good for the soul.

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Decluttering update: Week one tasks complete! Gavin and I cleaned out and reorganized his room and I decluttered the hall closet. Here is a visual for you. The bottom part of that closet we use for shoes. In theory, it's supposed to be the shoes we wear frequently so that they're easily accessible. However, I pulled out 14 pairs of shoes... 12 of which were mine..  oops. I got rid of 6 pairs! That's just a small example of what I'm working with around this house and I'm realizing a lot of the junk is mine. It's not fun admitting that but admitting you have a problem is the first step, right? Hi! I'm Jane and I'm a clutter-aholic. Maybe I should start a support group. We can talk about our decluttering efforts. Actually we'd probably end up taking each others clutter that we could "use for something" and it would turn into one big garage sale....with out the sale part. Bad idea.,.

So, back to my decluttering this week. (My computer doesn't like that word....declutter... lets see how many times I can use it). From the 2 areas I worked on this week I took out 3 bags of trash, 1 huge box of stuff to donate to a fundraising sale, and 3 boxes of clothes to be returned/passed on to my niece and nephews. That's quite a bit for just a kids room and a closet. Next on the list is the living room tables, coat closet and bathroom. Im going to try to knock those out early in the week so I can start on my bedroom, which is no doubt the worst room in the house but also the one I am most excited to have decluttered. I want to be able to relax in my bedroom. Now I just look at all the stuff and it makes me itch, in an anxiety/panic attack sort of way. 

So that is what's going on with the decluttering of my house. I also talked a couple posts ago about decluttering my mind from negativity. I do think working on the house has helped a bit in that area. It is nice to see visual progress of what I worked on. So much of my 'job' as a stay at home mom is not very visual. (Asides from my little chubby wubby baby boy that you can visually see I feed all day long.) Yes, you can see that I picked up and made dinner and did laundry, but its gets messy again and the food gets eaten and then there's more mess to clean up and clothes get sometimes put away but usually they sit in the "clean pile" until they're worn and need to be washed again.... The decluttering though.... its good for my soul. Like writing. It was so amazing to see Gavins room when it was done! Yesterday after school he went straight to his room and layed in his bed. I asked if he was tired and he said, "No, I just really like my room. Its so comfortable now."  I think that is a big part of the negativity cluttering my mind. I'm not at peace and comfortable in my space.... and I'm here all. the. time. Just seeing the trash and the big boxes leave the house  makes me feel like I can take a deep breath. 

I've also started a daily scripture writing plan. When I say daily, please know that I'm currently on day 6.... and should be on 11.. BUT that's ok. Writing (or even reading for that matter) scripture 6 times in the last 11 days is more than I have done in the last 60 days. True story. So, I'm making progress. I'm choosing to focus on my baby steps and small wins. I'm focusing on my newly organized and decluttered closet. Im focusing on being able to walk into my sons room with out breaking something by either steping on it or falling and breaking myself. Baby steps, Small Wins. Go me.     


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