Hi there.
I am on an adventure. It is a doozy. In addition to my steps towards starting an online travel agency and getting to where I look decent in a bathing suit for our trip to Hawaii, I am starting a mass purge from my house.
I have a trunk load of things to drop at the Salvation Army and a pile of boxes by the front door to go into my trunk as soon as it's empty. I have boxes of fabric that need to go to the church for the sewing team. I have a box of books for the library at Billy's school. I have boxes of clothes that I need to get out of the house but I can't pull them out until I have an empty truck to take them out of the house. So much to do. My goal in doing this is that I will have less to deal with and less to move when we eventually move. I keep saying I want to move to the Gresham area but the idea of packing all our stuff stifles my enthusiasm.
I have tons of crafts that I have bought but not completed. I have oodles and oodles of sewing projects that need to be done. And painting projects. And who could forget all the scrapbooks I want to make. Oh geesh! My head spins as I think of it.
To stop the head spinning and procrastination, I am simply going to take one project at a time and get it done. If I finish one in the course of a week, maybe I can finish 2 or even 3. Once these projects are done, I will have a ton of gifts to give and will be so very happy. I love giving gifts to my friends and I think specially about them when I am putting the gift together, praying for them, remembering fun times we have had, thinking about how they will use whatever it is that I am making.
Boy, just thinking about all that makes me smile and motivates me, until I see the mess that is. But I will wade thru the mess and accomplish good things. I am determined that I will reclaim my house and make beautiful things from what we have. I don't believe I will have to buy more than a couple gifts this year which makes me happy. I can use what we have to make so many fun and wonderful things.
The beautiful thing about making gifts using the supplies I already have at home is that I can get rid of things in the process because the gifts leave once I'm done. Yeah!
Purging is so cleansing and healthy. I really wish I did more of it, or didn't accumulate so much stuff to begin with.
Oh well, life is good and it will be even better when I have less to deal with.
Happy Tuesday!
Good stuff, lady. I can really relate - although my "stuff" is minimal, I too have procrastinated, had good intentions, and never followed-through. Hopefully that season of my life is over too, and I can once again embrace the joy of creating something with my hands - and the satisfaction of seeing the people's faces when they receive my one-of-a-kind gifts. I wish you luck in your endeavor, my dear!
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