cleaning out

i'm without the use of my car for a few days.
my 10 year old car has to go to the shop on monday,
for overheating and other stuff.
i don't drive kevin's "monster" truck.
he keeps saying i need to learn,
and i guess i do.

anyway,
for part of the weekend,
i plan on filling our guest room with stuff,
stuff for goodwill and the food bank.

i try to make a habit of cleaning out often.
i used to do it every monday morning.
now i kind of do it when the mood strikes.
my aunt always keeps a large box in her office,
and makes a point to put stuff in it on the weekends.
once it's full she takes it to goodwill.
then she puts out a new box.
i love this.

i get such a natural high on cleaning out and decluttering.
i feel like i've done this so much over the last 3 years,
but with boyd,
it seems like we are always adding new stuff.
my friend shelley came over once and said,
you are such a minimalist.
that made my day! :)

i'm not mocking anyone,
but sometimes i really think i could be a nun,
if it wasn't for missing my family and friends.
i look at all of my stuff,
and i could seriously get rid of 99 percent of it.

i love peter walsh on tv.
have you seen him.
i always perk up when i see him on a show,
cleaning, organizing, de-cluttering.
oh just talking about it makes me happy.
{i'm so weird}.

i feel like less is more,
it works for me.
i do feel like everyone should be comfortable,
in their own home though.
we all love different things.
that's the beauty of life.
so keep it if you love it,
but don't feel like you have to.
you are not tied to any of your material possessions.
even if it's still good,
don't feel weighed down by anything.

i saw this quote recently.
i try really hard to live by this.
keep what you love,
trash what you don't.