In light of being a recent breast cancer survivor and probably just naturally as I age, I realize it isn't all about clutter clearing, even for me, maybe especially for me. I start to look at clutter more philosophically. If it (the clutter) isn't interfering with the important aspects of my life like my faith and relationships, then is it something that really needs to take my time and energy to weed out or organize? Maybe as I get older, I am just slower or maybe I am working a little smarter. I start to ask better questions, I think, to keep my life in balance.
As I look around my home, I ask myself:
1. Do I need to weed it out or organize it right now, or is there something more important I could be doing right now?
2. What is the worst thing that will happen if I just walk away from it right now?
3. Is the clutter interfering with the lives and happiness of the people who live here, or is it just hanging out right now?
Life is about staying in balance and making good choices. If the answers to the above questions are "No. Nothing. And, no." then I may be more in balance to continue with my life flow than to stop and deal with the clutter.
Clutter can wait, but maybe my life and relationships can't. In the end, life is a marathon rather than a sprint, and the joy is in the moments of the journey. How do you balance living life with organizing and clutter clearing it?
2 comments:
Your philosophy isn't just for "older" people. How about this excerpt from a poem by Ruth Hamilton?
"The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep."
Great to be reminded, as an organizer, that it isn't all about the clutter! Thanks!
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