I know I come across as a pretty organized person, and in many respects I am. However, my home contains secret pockets of clutter, and over time they spread. There's mail all over the breakfast bar, there's empty jewelry boxes piled on a dresser, there's ancient memorabilia shoved in the closet corner. And while all of this "stuff" wouldn't bother most people and in fact, most people probably wouldn't notice it - it most definitely gets to me, so I have decided to do something about it.
I started with my bedroom. I have gone through all my drawers and cleaned out the closet. I pulled tons of items for donation and threw a bunch away. I can happily report that I have now created enough space in the closet so that Kevin can actually move his clothes in and use it instead of keeping his in the guest room.
It is such a tremendous joy to walk into the closet! (It's even easier to get into since I moved the giant purses that used to occupy the doorknob making it difficult to turn.) There's actually free space in there right now! Clearing out clutter really is good for the soul. It's like a physical example of what I try to achieve in meditation.
I also took a lovely walk today up the road to a farmer's market. I got some fresh basil (does anything smell better than fresh basil?), 2 big zucchini, 2 big summer squash and some homemade fettuccine. YUM! It was great - I got some exercise and helped the environment by not using my car, and I bought healthy food while supporting our local community farm.
All in all, a nice summer day.
And now? Probably cookies...
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