This is part of the Lenten series #40days40questions
What do we need to let go of?
When I sat down to think this morning about this question the above song came to mind for obvious reasons.
Yes there is emotional stuff - years of bottling stuff in comes to mind, stuff that clogs our mind when you think of this song but when I origninally wrote the question I was thinking more of the practical - are there things that we simply need to get rid of - physically - stuff that's been sitting around and we just simply don't need any more.
On one Blog I read this
Action #1: Perform a Clutter Bust (10-45 minutes)We do that physically - and let things go - I do think it's important start - but there are other actions too that might help
This is hands-down the best way to tidy and declutter a space in a short period of time. You can apply it to just one room at a time (strongly recommended), or if you’re feeling ambitious or particularly over-run with clutter – tackle all the main areas of the home.
Whatever you choose – speed is the key here.
How to clutter-bust your home:
- Grab an empty laundry basket.
- Choose a room to begin.
- Moving quickly – pick up each and every item in that room that does not belong, or is out of place. Place them in the laundry basket.
- Every single thing.
- Once full, empty the contents of the laundry basket on the dining table or a clear space on the floor.
- Sort items into piles – according to where they belong, as well as a pile for rubbish/donations/items that do not belong to you.
- Working through one pile at a time, take every item back to its rightful place.
- Complete for each pile and whenever you feel the clutter begin to take over your home. - https://slowyourhome.com/21-quick-actions-simplify-life/
A great book I came across a few years back - Ordering your Private world each section of that book mentions something very practical
the introduction states:
Memo to the Disorganized: “If my private world is in order, it will be because I am convinced that the inner world of the spiritual must govern the outer world of activity.” (p. 10)
Memo to the Disorganized: “If my private world is in order, it will be because I make a daily choice to monitor it’s state of orderliness”. (p. 18)
In terms of orderliness and also freeing up space - what do I need to let go of today?
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