Ironically, this blog has made it into my decluttering pile. Once you declutter „things“ long enough, you start decluttering other aspects of your life and question the reason and purpose of time commitments, relationships, etc.
I am two years behind with creating our family photo books and half a year behind writing in the funny-things-our-kids-do-and-say books. I also wanted to knit my husband a hat – which he desperately needs -, and myself a scarf, this winter. It’s February now!
Those things actually matter a lot to me, and the products serve a meaningful purpose besides the obvious. They are hanging over my head ALL THE TIME. But why? Just because I have too much stuff going on. Often it’s just things I believe I am supposed to do or feel I should be doing, instead of things I truly enjoy, and are meaningful to me and my loved ones.
If you constantly have things hanging over your head for OVER TWO YEARS, do you actually have free time? If you are stressing about not doing things that are not work-related, and can’t get them done, shouldn’t you declutter something? It’s just too much if it doesn’t fit into the container. As all the decluttering experts always say. In this case, the container is time. Except that you can’t buy any more.
So, I am very sorry, but writing this blog – as much as I enjoy it – didn’t make the cut. At least not during this time of my life. I’ll resume it, once there is more room in my time box. In the meantime, I will dedicate actual free time to writing one thing at a time…