An exercise in futility
This is what I fear. Wasting my precious time and energy on things that may or may not be futile. :-(
So, we have all the moving around done. One daughter and husband and new baby are in our house, along with some things in the basement that still need to be stored properly.
One daughter and her husband and their beautiful four kiddos are now back in our town, and I cannot tell a lie - I’m so freakin’ happy about that. :-)
Son is moved out of our basement and into his first solo apartment.
Phew!
But... I had to rearrange and consolidate some things that couldn’t go into permanent storage. My basement needs some attention. I postponed plans with one daughter, who invited me to help her hang her decor on her walls, until Monday so that I could get some sense of order in the basement before I lose my mind. I won’t even pretend to claim that I am working toward control of the basement, because we all know control is an illusion. The only one that’s in control is God, and I am not God.
My dilemma that prompted me taking time out to type this post? Fear that I am doing nothing more than rearranging chairs on the titanic. It’s a very familiar feeling/fear. I’ve spent, no kidding, about 7-8 years de-cluttering my house. And if you think that’s not a serious endeavor, I suggest you go google de-cluttering. You will find a plethora of sites that encourage de-cluttering for your health, sanity and finances. You will find sites that “teach” you how to de-clutter. Most people could probably figure out the “how” of de-cluttering. It’s the where to begin that stops most people in their tracks. Usually by the time we discover we probably ought to do something about the piles, boxes, mountains that are growing inside the walls of our homes, in our garages, backyards and even our vehicles... we are so overwhelmed that we simply cannot fathom how it can all be done, so we just don’t even start. And the mountains of despair and clutter continue to grow exponentially.j
I’m posting this as an experiment. I’m going to head down to the basement and just start somewhere. I’m interested to see how I feel about the whole thing once I’m done for the day. Will I feel frustrated and like I’ve wasted a day on the titanic? Or will I come away feeling like this will help a lot?
It’s seems silly, but one of my great struggles with building a new home and hoping for space that meets the needs of the way we live and love is that I don’t know what I don’t know. This will hopefully be our retirement home, our last move. We hope and plan to “age-in-place”. So much to take into consideration before moving forward. I don’t want to make poor choices and be filled with regret. Just speaking the truth folks.
So, here goes. Wish me luck!
Bam!!
So, we have all the moving around done. One daughter and husband and new baby are in our house, along with some things in the basement that still need to be stored properly.
One daughter and her husband and their beautiful four kiddos are now back in our town, and I cannot tell a lie - I’m so freakin’ happy about that. :-)
Son is moved out of our basement and into his first solo apartment.
Phew!
But... I had to rearrange and consolidate some things that couldn’t go into permanent storage. My basement needs some attention. I postponed plans with one daughter, who invited me to help her hang her decor on her walls, until Monday so that I could get some sense of order in the basement before I lose my mind. I won’t even pretend to claim that I am working toward control of the basement, because we all know control is an illusion. The only one that’s in control is God, and I am not God.
My dilemma that prompted me taking time out to type this post? Fear that I am doing nothing more than rearranging chairs on the titanic. It’s a very familiar feeling/fear. I’ve spent, no kidding, about 7-8 years de-cluttering my house. And if you think that’s not a serious endeavor, I suggest you go google de-cluttering. You will find a plethora of sites that encourage de-cluttering for your health, sanity and finances. You will find sites that “teach” you how to de-clutter. Most people could probably figure out the “how” of de-cluttering. It’s the where to begin that stops most people in their tracks. Usually by the time we discover we probably ought to do something about the piles, boxes, mountains that are growing inside the walls of our homes, in our garages, backyards and even our vehicles... we are so overwhelmed that we simply cannot fathom how it can all be done, so we just don’t even start. And the mountains of despair and clutter continue to grow exponentially.j
I’m posting this as an experiment. I’m going to head down to the basement and just start somewhere. I’m interested to see how I feel about the whole thing once I’m done for the day. Will I feel frustrated and like I’ve wasted a day on the titanic? Or will I come away feeling like this will help a lot?
It’s seems silly, but one of my great struggles with building a new home and hoping for space that meets the needs of the way we live and love is that I don’t know what I don’t know. This will hopefully be our retirement home, our last move. We hope and plan to “age-in-place”. So much to take into consideration before moving forward. I don’t want to make poor choices and be filled with regret. Just speaking the truth folks.
So, here goes. Wish me luck!
Bam!!
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