Stuff and Joy

Okay, so about the stuff. I’ve been carefully going through our stuff because we don’t have a lot of storage space nor can we ship a lot so I have to pare down and condense everything and figure out what we want to sell at the yard sale. And what I am discovering is that we have a lot of stuff that just sits in boxes in the closet doing nothing. Last night, I was going through boxes and I was thinking oh my goodness look at all the stuff I just store in the closet for no good reason, or look at the stuff I could totally be using or could have used but I didn’t even realize we had it. And I came to the conclusion of what is the point of all of that?

That is where the joy comes in. While this is still an overwhelming and stressful process I am finally starting to find the joy in all of this. It was a true joy to get rid of so much junk last night. Box after box I sorted and dumped and it was great! Although my second bedroom “staging area” as I call it is more chaotic then ever it’s all right! I wonder why I thought I’d gotten rid of stuff before? Because clearly I hadn’t. And it’s nice to know that when we come back we will have only what’s important and we’ll start fresh. I think everyone should do that at some point whether you are moving or not. I bet everyone has “junk drawers” or “junk boxes” filled with unneccessary stuff that you “might” use at some point but because it’s out of sight it’s out of mind and you never will use it. Anyway, here’s my answer to the question everyone asks these days ­ “Are you all packed up yet?” Not quite but we’re getting there!