So I’ve been documenting my minimalist journey for roughly three years now and it blows my
mind how I still have so much decluttering to do.
I mean these two garbage bags here are filled with things, I don’t need, use and no longer
wear and this is just the physical clutter.
Yet these things represent everything.
Let’s talk about it.
As you may or may not know when I started this journey, I did so with every intention
to change every aspect of my life.
I wanted to reinvent myself.
I wanted a new challenge in life.
But I also had and was holding onto too much stuff; physically, mentally and emotionally.
But as I've continued to grow on this journey, I've realized that decluttering takes a lot
longer than I thought.
In fact, you’re never truly done decluttering and I want explain why by helping us visualize
how this works.
See truthfully, all of this is an ongoing process and it will continue to be one as
long as we commit to the journey.
Now notice I didn’t referenced this as an end goal or as a final result.
Keep that in mind.
Ok, imagine for a second that you’re cleaning your home, or maybe you are right now as you’re
watching this.
But see I’m sure you and everyone you know at some point has wished that all you had
to do was clean one time and that would be it.
That your space would somehow stay clean forever.
However that’s not really how it works.
Does it?
In reality we clean, and live and then something spills.
So we clean again, and live, and then we have to cook, wash dishes, do the laundry and so
on.
You get the pattern right.
See cleaning our homes is an ongoing process.
So why would decluttering our lives be any different?
Again visualize this with me for a second.
Because yes it would nice to declutter once and then never have to worry about it again,
but it doesn’t work that.
See there’s a wise sayings that says: "The only thing in life that’s constant is change."
Which means change is going to happen and when it does it’s our job to then adapt
and grow right.
Ok stay with me.
If change in life is constant.
Then adaptation and growth is ongoing and if this is true then that means the things
we do, use, enjoy and value have to right to change also.
Now when this happens, when our values change.
When we come across things we no longer need or use.
If certain relationships starts to lack value and enjoyment.
Then it’s time to declutter.
Remember adaptation and growth is ongoing because change in life is constant.
Thus making decluttering an ongoing process also.
Another way to digest this is understanding that decluttering is nothing more than words
inked on the pages of our book of life.
And with every item, person or thing we donate, discard and disconnect from is us turning
a new page.
Reading another chapter.
Growing to fulfill the character we were written to be.
Ok, I almost let the poet in me take over for a second.
But really my goal for this conversation is show you that even when you think you’re
done you still have more work ahead of you.
Work that keeps you growing and encourages you to stay motivated.
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