{"id":788,"date":"2017-03-19T06:03:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T06:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2017-05-15T20:40:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T20:40:05","slug":"warrior-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=788","title":{"rendered":"Decluttering body & mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you ever keep clothes in the back of your wardrobe?
\nWaiting for the day when you can fit into them again.
\nI was so gutted this week to discover that some\u00a0items that I absolutely loved and had kept for that very reason
\nWere now on the opposite end of the spectrum
\nThey hang like sacks on me!
\nAnd instead of initially being thrilled
\nI was so upset
\nBecause I really really liked these clothes.
\nWhat a conundrum!!
\nLike – duh!
\nLost heaps of weight
\nFeeling fantastic
\nWhat to do
\nGet clothes altered
\nOr chuck them
\nStart again
\nLogic tells me the latter is the better option
\nSentimentality runs with the former
\nOh dear
\nFirst world problems \ud83d\ude42
\n\"\"
\nI am on a mission
\nA\u00a0decluttering mission
\nDoing this physically is so hard
\nI set to with a vengence
\nThen I get challenge by my memories
\nOr the worth I place on an item
\nAnd then I can’t put it into the recycling
\nI have to pop it aside and ponder
\nWho can I give this to?
\nWhere could I sell this or that?
\nShould I keep it?
\nShould I not?<\/p>\n

It then takes an age to get through anything because you dilly dally
\nMuck about
\nDeliberating
\nI started recently thinking
\nWhat would my kids do with this when I’m gone?
\nWow!
\nThat is indeed a very liberating thought
\nBecause actually, they would no doubt just biff that very thing I treasured for so long
\nBecause it holds no sentimentality for them<\/p>\n

So with that thought in mind I set to the job more effectively
\nAfter several weeks I now have several large bags of clothes removed from my wardrobe
\nAnd I have drawers all neatly folded and closable!
\nAnd on that note
\nI am now ready to tackle the rest of the house!!<\/p>\n

But also on that note
\nI was thinking how much cleaning house is like cleaning out our emotional history<\/p>\n

Whew!
\nThat is a tough one
\nI know for me
\nI take a memory
\nToss it about momentarily
\nIf it’s too hard to process
\nback on the shelf it goes
\nBut the imprint of that trauma\u00a0that caused the memory stays
\nBecause you haven\u2019t cleaned up properly.
\nIt is not until you can take the box off the shelf
\nPull out the memory
\nTry it on
\nSee if you really want to wear it anymore
\nDoes it look good?
\nDoes it make you feel good?
\nProcess it, dust it off, decide on it\u2019s worth
\nAnd then bin in
\nThat you will be completely free of that baggage.
\n\"\"
\nI’ve been doing a lot of that spring cleaning lately too.
\nI actually started it around 6 years ago
\nI have spent a lot of time pulling boxes off the shelf
\nAnd a lot of time quickly reshelving them
\nI’ve spent far too much time reshelving and to enough time resolving
\nBut
\nAs I have said multiple times before
\nUntil you are ready it is just all too hard
\nMy spring cleaning momentum has increased rapidly lately
\nAnd I am freeing up shelf space like crazy these days
\nIt is so freeing<\/p>\n

When I left the farm I determined that I would not bring any of the old life with me that I didn\u2019t want.
\nHowever several years on and the cleanup down there is reaching completion and a lot of what I had forgotten has been brought to me to process.
\nI found that so weighting
\nIt has taken space that I never wanted it too.
\nBut like my emotional shelves
\nI am now stronger and more able to process more quickly
\nIt is hard to part with things
\nBut those things hold you down
\nHold you back
\nSo now I am filling my trash bags more quickly both physically and emotionally<\/p>\n

And to quote someone on Facebook that I know well \u00a0 (myself \"\" )<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t tried to salvage what I had.
\nI\u2019ve parked that and I am carving a new path, I\u2019m incredibly happy and life is wonderfully awesome
\n\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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