I spent the entire day yesterday uncluttering. \u00a0Here\u2019s what I put on Facebook:
\nWhat am I going to be for Halloween? Clutter free! I just cleaned out the linen closet. I should have taken all these pillows to the Melbourne Free Market when I went Sunday. \u00a0Aaaarrrgh! \u00a0The linen closet would be much more empty if I didn\u2019t use it to store all my \u201csheets to cover all the plants in case it freezes.\u201d \u00a0Note to self: stop buying light bulbs and batteries. Now. \u00a0I need to find somewhere else for the tall filing cabinet to go so I can get it out of the back office. If I took down my dining room cabinets and reinstalled them 2\u201d higher I would have lots of options. \u00a0Hmmm, I just went thru the cabinet and I can probably 86 about half the files, yikes, shredder here I come. \u00a0I\u2019m thinking I don\u2019t need the film – yes film – from the 90\u2019s Horizons Mag covers, Nor the hard copy files of the writers and speakers from way back then.<\/p>\n
(Hours later) Oh right, I need to go back to this file cabinet and go thru the files to see what I can recycle. I forgot that in my quest as I got sidetracked into the linen closet, the utility closet and the back office closet. \u00a0The batteries and light bulbs are now in the utility closet next to te kitchen. \u00a0I just discovered a new blender in my kitchen pantry! And the only reason I\u2019ve migrated to the pantry is because I wanted to move the light bulbs out of the linen closet and into the supply cabinet and I had to move something out of there and into the pantry. You know how that goes. \u00a0Oh wait, I\u2019m supposed to be cleaning out the file cabinet in the back office… stop distracting me, ya\u2019ll.<\/p>\n
(Later) How did I get so much Corning Ware? \u00a0 An important part of de-cluttering is to have a big enough staging area to keep things out of the way. I just bagged up all my old computer cables I\u2019v had stored for 10 years… \u00a0All the mismatched towels in the back office closet I didn\u2019t know were there, are going in the giveaway stack. Linen closet is done, utility closet next to kitchen is done, I\u2019m halfway thru the back office closet… wow, and I count myself as not a clutter person. I wonder what else I was lying to myself about?<\/p>\n
SCORE! I found a rolling cart for hanging folders in the back closet I can totally use. \u00a0And a second one also – SCORE! \u00a0 (Hours later) \u00a0Ok, the crazy mad Un-Clutter is over with, floors are clean and it\u2019s time to chill. Oh wait, my only job this morning was to review all the files in the big metal file cabinet in the back office and see what I could recycle and clear. I didn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n
(Hours later) \u00a0Whew! The giant 5 drawer file cabinet now has 4 drawers free and the recycle bin for the paper is full to the top. \u00a0I moved the cabinet into my office. I can eliminate 3 bookcases in here by placing things in the cabinet, plus I can close the doors on it all. I should have done this years ago. \u00a0end of FB###<\/p>\n
I now have all the business files in one room, that makes the most sense anyway. \u00a0One reason I did this major clearing out was to help move the energy and \u201cmake room\u201d for change to happen. \u00a0It being Halloween\/Samhain makes it a prime time to move energy from darkness to light, so to speak. \u00a0I thought about what I might have here from the past that could be holding me back from anything. \u00a0Hmmm, maybe all my old files.<\/em> Well, about 300 pounds of them anyway; 90% of them now shredded in the recycle bin. \u00a0 Afterward I cleaned the floors, making them ready for new steps to be taken. \u00a0Are you laughing at me taking the metaphors literally? \u00a0That\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you\u2019ve been given, the door will open –Rumi<\/p>\n