Clutter

I HATE CLUTTER.

I hate it! And lately it seems as though my house is bursting at the seams with it. I've realized that often when I'm feeling the need clean my "mental and emotional house", I start becoming increasingly frustrated with my actual home. Realistically I know it's not that bad, but it seems to be driving me crazy. There is too much of everything. Too many clothes, too many toys, too many papers, too many books, too many dishes. Too much! Of course, I do believe that we live in a world that suffers greatly from the "too much" disease, and I have a healthy dose of it, despite my best efforts to fight it.

I have a secret fantasy of giving away everything I own and starting from scratch. Having just enough dishes for each person in my house. Just enough clothing to barely make it through the week. 4 or 5 toys for each kid.

Of course, I understand that my fantasy isn't all that practical, for any number of reasons. It's a good goal to have, I suppose, even though I'm never going to reach it.

So today my goal is to work on some de-cluttering and organizing. The good news is that since I'm starting to feel a bit more sorted and settled mentally and emotionally, I have the energy to turn my attention elsewhere. I'm happy about that.

Time to kick some clutter ass.