have nothing in my house that I do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful

for many years but I love the intention of it. In some ways it eases the pain of prioritizing and it makes perfect sense to me.

This actually requires more work than I have time for right now. But I am minimizing and organizing.

Consolidating, trimming, and letting go down to half of what I had, and now all goals feel alive and beautiful.

... therefore I am.

“One never sees a hearse with a UHaul behind it.”

Jim Hightower

Found this on a simplicity site: “I realized many years ago that when you were cleaning out the junk in the house you live in, you were also cleaning out the junk in the soul. I understood the mechanics behind it, what is outside is in, what is inside is out. If I feel the need to clean, I mean a real deep clean to my home; I know inside that I am going through deep changes.”

I love how this cleansing movement feeds itself. First I did the 9 day clutter-cleanse, got sick of stuff and started a 9-day mind-cleanse with The Work, and now all that cleansing wants me to get rid of more stuff to match the internal! So last night I dove into one of the remaining clutter areas – paper. Found some amazing stuff, such as 10 identical copies of something that we passed out during a workshop in… 2002, I guess. And the best part is sitting next to the fireplace, making it an instant ritual of letting go.

... that relates to this one, and I like the wording of it, and it could be the next step after the one I have now:

find the least number of possessions I can live with and organize my life, creating a home that is a blissful oasis

“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.”

Ajahn Chah Subhatto

I’m packed to move and and gone through virtually every item in my home with this goal in mind. The outcome is pleasing.

1. Queen Bed with all the fixens
2. File cabinet
3. Plain Oak Desk
4. Small bookshelf
5. Washer and Dryer
6. Vacuum Cleaner
7. Clothing to fit in one dresser
8. Coffee Pot, Steamer, Microwave, Blender, Dishdrainer and one set of good dishes/silverware/cooking pots and pans
9. Books, Books, Boxes of Books, not sure how many, but that’s ok
10. Knitting supplies and many skeins of yarn.
11. 5 rolls of toilet paper
12. Camping equipment
13. 2001 GMC Jimmy with way too many miles on it.
14. The greatest dog in the world, or he owns me, we haven’t figured it out yet.

That’s it.

when you live with a pack-rat.

Maybe my goal should be: get a place of my own.