Living With Less

Over the past week or so, I've been toying with the idea of completely throwing out all our junk. I tend to run on the sentimental spectrum of "I'll use this one day", and "I can't part with this because..." and I list some ridiculous excuse that my mind justifies as 'okay'. This isn't okay. Growing up we always accumulated a bunch of stuff. We didn't hoard items, but found the task of throwing items out too taxing. Our home was never dirty or disgusting, just overly cluttered. When I married Branson I noticed he didn't really like to have lots of things. (Probably because he only brought a few things in a suitcase when he moved here, but that's not the point). 

Branson has turned me into a snob about certain things. Perhaps 'snob' isn't the right word. Uptight? Hmm. I don't know. There are certain things I have to have cleaned, organized, put away, thrown out, etc, in a certain way because of him. Thanks, babe. Now, this isn't a bad thing. But I find I'm constantly fighting this war within my apartment, where one moment it's spotless, and after moving just a few things, I've made an even bigger mess. It's frustrating, to say the least.

So I'm getting off my butt and doing something about it. Last night I consolidated three 18-gallon buckets full of fabric into one. That in itself was huge for me. I never want to throw away fabric. As I placed my fabric in the bin, perfectly folded into even rectangles and squares, I made a promise to myself: All the fabric I buy needs to fit into this one bucket, or I need to throw some out. This is very liberating for me. I can't begin to explain how wonderful I felt in those moments. Even Branson was impressed, which, of course, made my spirits soar. 

I'm going to take the time this week to work on this project. I'll be making videos and blog posts, but my goal is to have all my clutter gone, and taken to the dump, or to a thrift shop, by Sunday. I want you all to be a part of this process. Once everything is organized and put together in a fitting manner, it will be incredibly easier to find the drive to continue to make projects to inspire you guys. That's my goal with this silly blog, is to inspire and promote creation in all it's forms. 

Today I am grateful for the blooming mindset that 'living with less, is more'.