This weekend has been great though. It's given me a lot of steam to keep going.
On Friday, T and I pulled the Christmas stuff down from the attic. Last Christmas we konmari'd all our holiday festiveness. We went from all the bins and boxes to one large bins and two small ones. And you know what? This year, Christmas was up in a couple hours. We had let go and organized all of our things so well that it wasn't the headache I remember it being last year.
And that felt really good.
Like, I'm-so-encouraged-I-can-konmari-the-house-all-over-again good. And I kind of have.
I went through my bookcase again. Dumped some chosen books into the box for giveaway items, added them to my Kindle-buy-again-digitally-one-day wishlist and looked at my dwindling bookcase with glee. Eventually I'd like to be able to give up most of my books and use the bookcase for other mementos and picture frames.
In my bedroom I reshuffled some things and I bought 15 clear shoe box containers to keep my shoes pretty. I got rid of more sandals, a few more tops, said goodbye to an old robe and then cleaned out whatever was in the trunk at the end of our bed.
Y'all, this feels good. I almost feel like our little home is finally the home-y type feel I've always wanted it to be. The dining room where we'll spend Thanksgiving has its curtains up; we have a new bed with new sheets; we have a small loveseat to host more people—all of this makes me so happy, because we put a lot of thought into how to intentionally decorate our home. And what I mean by that is instead of saying, "I like this, I'm going to buy it and find a place for it later," asking, "What does this space need?"
I think that is what minimalism has meant to us—buying less and thinking very intentionally before we buy something.
I feel like we have a really good handle on things right now and if it this is what our home looks like now, I can't wait to see it in the next 6 months, the next year. It's always improving and we're always challenging ourselves to improve with it.
When was the last time you challenged yourself and felt successful about it?
