Decluttering and organizing is a passion of mine. I love to go on a "Stuff Diet"! Going through filing cabinets...attic boxes...drawers...closets. I show no mercy. If it has no use...*Out* it goes! I always feel so much lighter when all the "excess" is gone. Mentally, I function better. I think more clearly. I feel more creative and alive. The order in my brain seems directly linked to the order in my house. I can't explain it. It just IS.
I've talked about all the yardsales we've had....all the baskets we use for toys...
for magazines...
for outside apparel, like hats, gloves, umbrellas...
More toys...
We have cabinets and drawers, specified for all sorts of things...
Everything has a spot...
Craft things, games, random toys...
educational items hidden away in drawers, yet easily accessible for little hands...
books and diapers and music...all ready and waiting for all the short little people who roam these halls...
My desk is filled with smaller basket-type things. Filled with scissors, glue, stationary, disks, sticky-notes, pens, pencils, tape....all ready for the girls and their craft times.
...and the places to hang their treasured craft items. The white "wall" pictured above is usually covered in art work. Happened to take this picture between taking down and putting up. :)The point in saying all of this? To confess. I have OCD. *grin*
Nah, not really. I'm not obsessive-compulsive, truly! hee hee Though all of my counselor friends who read this, feel free to diagnose. :)
I just love organization. I love emptying my home of unwanted things. I love having it clean and in order.
Matthew 12:43 speaks of a man who's had an unclean spirit removed from him. Yet he remained "empty" and because of that the unclean spirit moves back in. Only this time, the Bible says, he brings back 7 other unclean spirits with him. So he's worse off than before.
But what strikes me more than his being empty (so that the demon could return) is that it says that when the spirit came back to the house he finds it "empty, swept, and in order". I'm guessing a demon-possessed man would have lived in a mess. Things scattered here and there. Trash lying everywhere. Dirt. Filth. Clutter.
So he obviously had taken the time to declutter and organize. Yet he had not taken the time to be filled.
So he obviously had taken the time to declutter and organize. Yet he had not taken the time to be filled.
So I have to ask myself. What am I filling myself with today? Emptying, decluttering, organizing...it all has its place. But am I just taking the time to straighten up...or do I also set aside the time to FILL UP?
4 comments:
Three things:
1. Excellent point. I could use a fill up time myself.
2. Your house looks so homey. When can I come visit?
3. I too love garbage day. I really love paper recycling day, which occurs biweekly on Wednesdays. They take all of the boxes and cardboard and junk mail and reuse it. What a great concept. It just stinks if you miss that one day cause your stuck with all of that junk for TWO weeks. (aren't you glad to know this information?)
I love these pics of your home. I'm sure it always stays this lovely even in the middle of a busy day, right? :)
Your desk looks really good in the kitchen; it fits in that corner perfectly. I'm still bummed it wouldn't fit in MY home, but I'm happy for you that it's working out well for you. :)
Are your girls good at picking up after themselves? Or do you find that you're the one at the end of the day restoring order? With my boys, I work and work and work to try to train them to pick up, clean up, etc. I wouldn't say they've learned the lesson solidly yet! I hope all this effort pays off someday! :)
Does it always look like this? NO. :) We play hard. Make big messes. But then, yes, the girls do clean up after themselves. They have to clean it up before they nap and before Daddy comes home. But having baskets, drawers and shelves makes it easy for them to do it.
Your house looks so inviting. Love the color scheme!
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