Simplifying

I'm in the process of simplifying my space as my home just feels too busy and I feel like I need space to breathe. I can't belive how much 'stuff' I have accumulated over the years, it just sits around doing nothing, untouched year upon year and it has such an impact upon my internal life too, I feel blocked, drained and unable to move forward. So I have decided that the time has come to have a major declutter and get rid of anything in my life that I don't find useful or beautiful, there's no more time for a bit of decluttering here and there - the time has come to be ruthless. So far I have managed to get rid of 3 bags of 'clutter', i've donated and recycled what I can but other things have had to be thrown away. I'm predicting that i'll have cleared out 100 bags of 'stuff' by the end of August, just the thought of scaling down my posessions feels like a breath of fresh air.

Clutter clearout grand total: 29 bags

Creating zones

I'm a naturally flighty person, my attention jumps from one thing to another and I find it hard to stay focussed for long. As a result, my decluttering endeavours seem to be rather shortlived and if I don't feel like i'm getting anywhere fast, I lose interest and move onto the next thing that catches my attention. To help me stay on track i'm trying to break my areas to declutter down into 'zones' to be tackled one at a time, the idea being that if I focus enough on one zone (rather than a whole room/area) i'll be a able to see enough of a difference to spur me on to complete the task. I'm hoping this approach does the trick.

So, to cut a long, procrastinating post short, my first zone is the junked up area at the bottom of the garden. If I declutter it i'll be rewarded with an area big enough to set up another, much needed compost heap.

Wish me luck!