Every year I try to come up with a list of goals that I would like to accomplish during the upcoming year. I usually try to start by reviewing what our life was like the previous year and try to think of ways that I can improve our day to day and our family life.
One of the things that I have been working on for the past few months is the excess materialist things we have in our home. I can’t even begin to say how overwhelming it can be to see how much we have and how 80% of our home is filled with things that aren’t really productive or needed in any way. In many ways I know this is mostly “ME”, which really made me sad. I am the type of person that is impulsive when it comes to buying and very rarely really think how something will be used prior to getting out my wallet and making the purchase.
This is going to take a while and I know will be hard for me, however I am making myself a promise that for anytime I purchase something I will need to evaluate how it will be used and if its really a “NEED” or just a “WANT”.
This process is already underway and I have started out by tackling our Walk-In closet which was seriously a few weeks ago anything but a Walk-in. LOL I took 2 days in which I removed every single item into our bedroom and purged, purged, purged. WOW, all I can say is I have an addiction to clothes, shoes and purses. I was able to donate 6 bags of both my clothes and Ryan’s clothes to a shelter.
The key to continuing on the right track is that anytime we buy something we will have to take something out and donate it or throw it away.
The hardest part of this process for me will be the “home items”. The fact that I have 6 sets of everyday dishes, 3 sets of glasses, etc., is proof that I have way too much. I will be taking a room each month and will try to pair down on decorative items and anything that is not of value to us.
My #1 goal is to un-clutter our home and be smart about anything that we bring back inside.
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