September 12, 2006
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I’m having a hard time coming up with something new to write these days. It seems my focus remains the same. (read previous posts *S*) I’m sure I sound like a broken record so instead of repeating myself I’ve just slowed down my posting. Maybe the Lord is changing my direction in this area, too. Maybe my time for ‘blogging’ has come to an end. I’m not sure, so I continue to pray about it. Maybe I’ll just be taking a break.
There seems to be a lot of changes taking place in our home. We put our house up for sale last week. So, I’m spending as much time as possible paring down and getting rid of stuff. I do NOT want to move all this STUFF! (sorry, I couldn’t resist!). I’ve gone through my closet and all my bedroom drawers. My hubby is on the bandwagon, too! He has been working on one of his dressers! Now, mind you, my house is not cluttered! Things look tidy and neat. But, my closets and drawers are FULL of STUFF! Plus, we have a storage trailer full of STUFF in the back of the property. Chances are we’ll be moving to a smaller home (possibly half the size) so I need to be RUTHLESS!
Have you ever looked at all you own objectively? That is what I’ve been doing lately. Have you ever imagined everything you own piled in one big heap? Can you imagine how much STUFF there would be?
I read last week that only a 1/4 of the world’s population has ever slept in a bed and only 20 % has ever made a phone call. I’m not sure of the accuracy of the statistics but even if it’s a bit more it’s still something to think about when we compare our lives to our sisters in other countries. What are we doing with all this STUFF? I’m at the point where I refuse to even stop for a garage sale because I know in the end I’ll just be collecting more STUFF I don’t need.
I’m also paring down my freezer (both of them!). My goal is to only choose food out of our freezer and fridge for the rest of the month for our dinners. I’m going to try to only buy fruit, milk and veggies. I spent too much on my food budget last month so I’m hoping to balance things out this month.
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Comments (3)
So, where will you be moving to? Our longest move was from VA to Maine. It was 12+ hours. I don’t like to move at all and we’ve certainly done our share. Hopefully it won’t happen right away again.
Like you, I’m trying to pare down and it’s so hard for me. Between trying to be good stewards of what God has given (and selling on ebay) to the idea of decision-making, as I go through the boxes, can be difficult.
God bless ~E
I’m a good “stuff” remover! My rule-of-thumb in our my cupboards and closets: If I haven’t used it for the past year, it probably isn’t necessary in my house! (Of course Cerwin lives by another rule of thumb in his closets and storage places!!)
i can completely relate to the moving/clearing out dilemma. i don’t really want to move (unless to be closer to my children and grands) but this house is just too big. i would like a smaller place but then where would i put all the “stuff”? So far, God hasn’t given us direction in moving anyway. Someday.