I’m guilty and embarrassed.  Guilty of falling into the trap of always wanting more, newer, better things and embarrassed to show you what is lurking in the areas of my house where company doesn’t usually look.  I work hard to get what I want, and then soon after getting that NEW thing, I have my sights set on something else.  Like I need more and more to make me happy.  I am also a piler.  And a procrastinator.  And also very sentimental.  That seems to be a recipe for disaster, as it is so hard for me to sort through my “things” and either throw away or put them away.  I just don’t know what to do with all that STUFF.  So I just keep it there, right where it is. Or shove a little more in.

This is one of my focus areas to go along with INNTW.  I have too much.  We have too much.  We need to de-clutter in order to de-stress and focus on what is important.  We don’t need all this stuff.  Our cupboards and closets are overflowing.  So, slowly, starting in the summer, I started to get rid of the things we no longer need or use.  I realized that it is freeing and refreshing to move it out of the way and open up some space.  I found that I can actually make some good money selling stuff on facebook.  Who would have thought?  Sell the junk to fund more adventures (and not buy more junk)!  With kids, that last part is hard…they seem to be on a constant search for more and more as well.

I spent a good part of today clearing out some of these areas.  A little at a time.  Just the things I know I don’t need or haven’t used in forever.  It was exhausting and gut-wrenching and difficult and easy, but ultimately, it feels good to know that some of that junk it outta there!!

So thanks for going easy on me.  And hopefully not submitting my name to be on an episode of Hoarders.  I’m working on it.  Slowly, but surely…  Am I the only one who does this?

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