This looks a lot like discouragement
Shit.
I haven't gotten rid of anything in a long time. The house and my life keep getting cluttered, and this garage sale feels like it's not going to come. Until it does come, I'm not allowed to get rid of anything. Meanwhile, the schedule keeps getting more filled, and I can't really say I'm keeping an even keel these days. I do see, however, that everyone else's items-gone totals keep rising.
All the while, this damn blog is reminding me of the failure I've been at simplifying my life.
I should just quit.
I haven't gotten rid of anything in a long time. The house and my life keep getting cluttered, and this garage sale feels like it's not going to come. Until it does come, I'm not allowed to get rid of anything. Meanwhile, the schedule keeps getting more filled, and I can't really say I'm keeping an even keel these days. I do see, however, that everyone else's items-gone totals keep rising.
All the while, this damn blog is reminding me of the failure I've been at simplifying my life.
I should just quit.
posted by yakmidi at 11:02 PM
3 Comments:
No! You can't quit! The yakmidi is not a quitter!
Plus you have that nifty button and all. ;)
It's not discouragement; it's incentive. Look how cool you can look, with your awesome green and red tally. You can make that number go down. Or up. However you want to think of it. The direction you want it to go.
I know! Throw out a box of Cheerios and count each Cheerio as a separate item. I know that would make me feel good about my stuff total. ;)
Good suggestions, and thanks for the encouragement.
I'm not sure if it's the tally that bothers me as much as the fact that even the project of simplifying my life seems to be complicating my life. How is it that the rest of you can just decide to declutter, and it happens? I try to get rid of junk, but it won't go away. I mean, the stuff I have earmarked -- the very items themselves -- find a way of not leaving. And all those things I was going to get rid of from my schedule? They've multiplied. Not like rabbits. More like a virus.
So, what is this blog doing? Besides reminding me of how hectic my life is, and how much I am not able to change that, I mean?
And wasn't the whole point of this project to drop the things from my life that I didn't need?
Oh no! Don't quit, yakmidi! I *heart* your blog!!! Oh, it makes me sad to think of not having ../detox to read.
But I totally know what you mean about the blog maybe adding stress and busyness to your life. I meant to write far more on my Seven Things blog but can't seem to make the time.
Oh, and for the record, I am finding it extremely hard to get rid of stuff.
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