I considered it a great compliment when my friend, Anne, said, “Your house is always so tidy.” And most of it is. But I have some “dirty little secret” areas (like my desk when I’m on deadline) that become cluttered and messy. Time to declutter. It happens on my kitchen table, too. I bring in the mail, but I’ve got to do something else, so I leave it on the table. For a few days. Where it piles up. This decluttering is ongoing. And our basement shelves. When we moved to West Michigan, those shelves were organized, things were in Read More
Tag: cleaning house
Decluttering – the Incredible Lightness of Being
Over drinks last Friday I confessed to my two dear friends, H.J. and Carol, that I had thrown away their family-picture Christmas cards. All of them. All that I had saved over the years documenting their family trips, maturing children, new grandbabies, growing grandchildren, etc. That’s right, I had saved their cards for years—heck, for generations—and not just theirs, many other friends’ and family members’ as well. They assured me I had not committed a mortal sin and they had their own copies so I should rid myself of guilt and carry on. I admit it; I’m a pack rat. Perhaps because my large Irish-Catholic family had so Read More