I try to keep my apartment tidy, but there’s always at least one room that’s a mess. That’s mostly due to a lack of space, or too much stuff, however you want to look at it. I’ve written about my efforts to clear out the clutter before. It’s a challenge.
I’m not sure where this propensity to have gathered a lot of stuff came from. My mom and dad kept things to a bare minimum, perhaps because we moved so often and they didn’t want to pay to move stuff they didn’t need. Our house was always neat (well, except for us kids’ rooms). No need to be embarrassed to have company over.
Not that I have a lot of opportunity for company. My social life is somewhat stagnant. I have my friends, some of whom I play Scrabble with a couple of times a month, some in my writer’s group, and some at church, but I don’t get out a lot. It’s hard when you’re single to get motivated to go to the latest museum exhibit–alone. Or any number of other things.
So I’m becoming one of those old ladies who spends a lot of time with her cats. I fear for the day when I can’t afford to have pets or don’t have a car to take them to the vet. Life without them would seem pretty empty.
But maybe that won’t happen. Who knows? I’ll be honest, I enjoy the solitary times. Well, with my cats.
I can only live for today. Plan for the future, yes, but with the understanding that man plans, God laughs (I don’t really believe God laughs, but it’s a good saying). And today I’m going to clear out one box of clutter.
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When I have nothing to do, the first thing–usually the only thing–is for me to look and see what I have to clean out. Drives me husband (for whom every single nut, bolt and cable wire must be saved!) nuts. His motto is, “I might need that someday.” Mine is, “Nothing is so sacred that it cannot be tossed.” Let me know when you need my help. 🤣
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I look in my spare room–where there’s the greatest amount of clutter–and I say, “I’ll throw that stuff out before my next move.” But I have a hard time throwing it out today. My next move may be within the next couple of years, so we’ll see what happens as it approaches!
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Ha! My husband would LOVE your response! **no need to rush into it**
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Well, if you have boxes with that clutter, perhaps your cats love it? Happy New Year, Belinda!
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Oh, the cats do love it. Plenty of places to hide or sleep!
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Mrs. Chess and I are fortunately cut from the same cloth when it comes to organization and a place for everything, so we don’t have any clutter challenges. The challenge is of course deciding to part with certain things, but we do take a couple times a year and go through our stuff and decide if someone else might get more usage and/or enjoyment from it than ourselves. And…I bet those kitties do love any and all hiding locations!
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Ha. It’s just me, so you’d think it would be easier. I had six boxes ready to go to a local thrift store until I realized I can’t carry the boxes downstairs. So now I have to repackage everything or find someone who can carry the boxes downstairs!
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I have done the very same thing…”sure, I can carry that down. Um….maybe we should get another box.”📦
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