Infinite

Imagine if things lasted forever. It seemed like there was a time that manufacturers strived to create products that lasted. There were labels and brands that you could bank on, you didn’t have to replace items, you did because they bored you. That answers the question. We would be bored, find fault, and still be unhappy. New things do not make us happy. For a time they do, until we get bored. This is why the dumps are overflowing. As a nation we really need to reduce, reuse and recycle. People barely take free items now! I did a purge over a years time. Selling items, offering to family, paying forward, donating. It was not easy! Some places have restrictions, not taking glassware or books. I would offer stuff for free and nobody wanted my stuff, that one hurt! I could sell stupid stuff real easy, but things of value, people want to debate price, pick up end of the month or offer a story to try to have it for nothing. It’s quite comical really. Nobody likes wood anymore, well not wood coloured wood!

There a lot of minimalist type shows and information going on and I could get behind that nowadays! Not when I had kids, you just keep passing along things for years! The concept of everything in your home being used or useful sounds pretty relaxing. You look around your home and everywhere your eyes land is something meaningful to you. That may be my path for this year. I like that, I have whittled down my overall belongings, now to keep just what I personally am connected to. Sometimes I feel a bit like a storage locker after 32 years in the same house. These spaces are mine and I would like them to reflect that. That way if I do downsize it is just low key and my kids aren’t left with all the stuff. Rainy day stuff, might need stuff, gonna use it up stuff, forgot it was there stuff! When I pick up an item, I want it to be specific, not the ghost of an idea.

I look around and I see the trouble spots right now. I can not be accountable for all of them. I just changed my mindset and I am on a mission. It’s not the same as my previous purge, it is a preservation of mine! Spring cleaning is gonna be intense this year!