My new venture

For anyone who knows me, you know that I am a very cluttered person. Clean but cluttered. I am a terrible pack rat. When I was younger it took my mom at the door with a garbage bag to clean anything.

Well, as I am now a grown up, my mom is not at the door with a garbage bag. She has certainly offered, but it isn't the same motivation anymore.

My house is small. When we found it to rent, I was so relieved to find a decent house in at least an okay neighborhood in our price range. We were almost too big for it when we moved in. We have certainly outgrown it now, almost 2 years later. Unfortunately, buying a more permanent option is not in the cards this year due to the fact that I have such instability in my job. (I was laid off for 3 months this year and 6 months last year) Through perseverance, I sincerely hope that we are able to buy a home we can actually call OURS by this time next year. If that happens, I would like to never have to declutter that home.

In the meantime, packrat + small house = terrible combination. Added to this is when Shane and I moved in together, we both had complete households of our own. So we have double of a lot of things. Just too much crap.

So I have decided it is time to make a change. I am turning things to a positive outlook in my whole life and "decluttering" across the board. I have removed some toxic people from my life as I don't need the drama. I have realized the true meaning of "quality over quantity" when it comes to the people I spend my "spare" time with. With all the social networking sites available now it is certainly nice to be able to catch up with people from your past, but it is time to stop pretending there are friendships and meaning where there is none. If I find that someone adds no quality to my life nor I theirs, what sense is there to act as if we do?

The biggest change I need to make is the physical clutter. I truly believe that if I get a better handle on this, decluttering everything else will merely fall into place.

Why blog about it you ask? I am a great procrastinator. I can make wonderfully organized lists of what I need to accomplish and never seem to finish said lists. It is time to change that. If I share it with the cyber world, I will most likely follow through. Especially as I post pictures of my mess. I also hope to finish many projects that are sitting waiting to get done, like a wedding scrapbook for my brother who is celebrating his 5th Anniversary today. I will post at least weekly (hopefully even more) as I attempt to tackle projects and my progress as well.

Thank you so much for reading and I sincerely hope you enjoy and follow what I truly hope to be the start of great changes in my life.