Cleaning Out The Closets

In the middle of a downward dog pose, I glanced over and noticed my basket of crochet yarn. It’s been sitting in the same place, barely touched, for two years now. I realized I’ve been keeping a lot of things I would like to “try” on my shelves and in my closet for years now. But, what’s the point?

I started to think about all the things I have in my life that exist simple because they are there. In reality, I will never finish a crochet blanket. Because after every jammed packed day, when I finally sit down at midnight, I turn to other things and not the crochet.

How much of our lives are filled with stuff that we never really either a) need b) care deeply about c) truly enjoy or d) far off to-do?

If we really sat down and looked around our homes, work, Netvibes page, we would probably find a lot of crap. Our time is our most precious thing, so why do we waste so much of it on meaningless crap? Right now, I can’t cram another thing into my life and desperately need to start streamlining what is already there.

Running through everything from blogs I read, books on the shelves, old address books, etc, I realized I can really live without 90% of it. So this spring when I take part in the neighborhood garage sale (ugh!), I will sell almost everything I own. I know what I enjoy, need, and choose to spend my precious time on….this spring everything else will go.