My son cleaned out grannies garage. He had four huge boxes of old magaiznes. I looked thru my former mother in laws stacks and saw that most of the magazines are from 1996-2002. Stacks and stacks. What a silly amount of trash she has kept sitting in the garage for so darn long. She loved clutter. Remember this is the lady who has wall to wall carpet in her entire kitchen! Can you say gross????
When I clean apartments every day it is amazing to me to see the clutter, sitting on tables and cabinets forever it seems, like old lost friends or pals we can not bear to dismiss. Clutter makes us feel safe? Maybe it makes us feel secure? I am not sure. Like today at work---- Old newspapers from three weeks ago, old memos about the 2007 Christmas brunch, old calendars from 2006, old this and old that, odd this and odd that.....it amazes me! I am so glad for the valuable lessons I have learned in keeping clutter like paper clutter down to a bare minium. My mom was a neat nik and with Mothers Day so close I really value her sense of order she passed on to me. Being frugal and thrifty were others lessons I learned from her. Clutter is so destructive. It adds pounds of stress and makes people odd. Just watch TV and see all those cleaning and organizing shows on cable and all the "cluttered and almost living in the gutter" guests on Oprah and Dr Phil.....clutter is NOT a redeeming habit or a good way to live for anyone. Clutter can and does destroy. Throw out an old magazine or newspaper perhaps your cubbie at work needs a once over as well..... and get liberated! Just some random thoughts on making life so much better.
Old Magazines
May 7th, 2008 at 01:57 am
May 7th, 2008 at 11:35 am 1210160155
I don't take time to read much of them anymore, but do sell the decorating ones in my junque' booth, and take the rest over to the women's shelter.
May 7th, 2008 at 04:22 pm 1210177365
May 7th, 2008 at 09:58 pm 1210197497
As a result, I have a messy-hoardy side to me, but also an extreme phobia about having a trash house (because I was always embarrassed to bring acquaintances to my house when I lived with my parents). So periodically I simplify ruthlessly, though some things I have difficulty discarding. This spring though, we're going to have a yard sale, and anything we don't need or sell, I'm getting rid of. I love having a clean roomy place.