Day 3 of no house internet. Well, it’s not three complete days. It went out sometime while I was gone on Friday. I’ve talked to tech support to no avail. I’m at their mercy for now. Someone is supposed to call me tomorrow.
This was not exactly what I’d planned for the weekend. I actually have a bit of work due in tomorrow that I was going to get a jump-start on. And I haven’t finished the work due from Friday!
BUT, yesterday I did some good resting. Today I was tired of resting. (I really need to get better at resting!) Today I re-arranged some furniture and found more things to give away! This has been the best spring cleaning in the fall/winter that we’ve ever done! This was the third almost-full van load of stuff we have lightened our load of!
I’ve considered myself a recovering-pack rat for years. I think it is safe to say that I have now officially broken the mental attachment to “stuff”. When there was so much “stuff” that it weighed down my life, I could feel it. I mean, it literally feels like a weight. Now, it is getting lighter! I still want to go thru all the cupboards and my office closet before the end of the year. January starts the basement. And spring will be the attics. Then, officially, this house will have been gone thru from top to bottom! I can’t wait!!
It’s funny the emotional attachment to things that can happen. Sometimes it is memories. Sometimes it is security. Sometimes it can just be because something was a “good deal” or because we could use it “some day”. But, it isn’t healthy. It is has been much easier to look at things with different eyes this time. Now my thoughts when I look at things in this house asks: Is this needed in our lives? Does this add value to our lives? If the answer is no, then the item leaves the house. I do have some things that stay anyway . . . but not a lot at all!
Tonight I am thankful for the house internet being down. (It is imperative that I stay thankful so I don’t get mad!). I am thankful for the time to rest. Yesterday the verse “He makes me to lie down in green pastures” kept coming to my mind because my stubborn self needs to be MADE to lie down and rest!!
I am also thankful for the time to work more on minimizing our household! And I am thankful that my phone can have a hotspot that works enough to do my blog still!
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