We are getting ready for a major purge in our bedroom, which really is
two rooms. Scuppers was sick when we grandpet sat last week, and we realized
how long we've had the wall to wall carpet. So we're going to take it up and
work with hardwood floors and a few area rugs. This will entail getting rid of
stuff--LOTS of stuff. We think we'll get a dumpster. I feel energized about
this because I don't want to be stuck with one or both of us unable to clear
out when the time comes.
This
is ended up primarily being a book purge; many New Age—past lives, astrology,
‘para’ this and that. Just the thing for someone at the put-and-take. Fewer
books means fewer shelves; so far we’ve emptied four.
Passing these
books on to interested readers opens up simplicity, which is one of the goals
in getting rid of stuff. When we decide to move, we will have already done some
downsizing. If we stay here forever, what a BIG help it will be to our kids. In
letting go of all those ‘para’ books, I have released all obligations to pursue
the topics.
Simplicity on the
material, physical plane; simplicity on the psychological, spiritual plane.
A revised form of this post is on my
www.acottagebythesea blog, which is all
about my longing for silence, solitude and simplicity.
