I have been asked how our birthday challenge went. More or Less. As most challenges go we started out really strong. It was fun to get rid of one thing everyday. Sometimes it was just a lone kitchen utensil that had an unknown purpose, sometimes it was a pile of something being saved for some unplanned craft, sometimes it was the extras where we had multiples and multiples stacked it the cupboard. Anyways... We knew we were going to be away quite a bit over the summer so we had a few good PURGE DAYS. That way we wouldn't have to come back and say we were gone for 11 days now we have to find 11 things to get rid of. Our church had a garage sale so we donated a bunch of stuff to that. We now have a corner of our basement dedicated to next year's garage sale. By August our challenge petered out quite a bit. I still think however that it was successful. Have I missed anything I got rid of? Nope. But I still look around and see clutter.
And then I found this:
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. William Morris
Wow. That is so my goal for my house! I have said before that I want everything in my house to be something I love, and this kind of summed it up beautifully for me. This will be an ongoing struggle and challenge for me, but I know that someday I will succeed and be happy with the results.
In conclusion.... The birthday challenge was good but the lifestyle challenge continues!
2 comments:
Ana's and my philosophy: Wouldn't it be awesome to live in an art gallery that we designed ourselves?
I also always add (in reference to objects in the house): everything needs a home. If something doesn't have a place where it is supposed to go... that something shouldn't be in your home.
I like that. An art gallery of all stuff I love.
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