Ramblings of a disorganized Woman
Hello everyone, I have not rambled on in a bit. Most of my writing is focused on scripture. That is for both of our benefit. 🙂
Today I want to tell you about something that happened yesterday.
Well, I decided to get my cleaning routine more organized. First task was to write down each room and what needs to be done in each room. So I begin to right and go from room to room, from one side of the house to the other. I have a main floor and a basement. After I made my list I just sat and looked at it and I could see why I was overwhelmed. I noticed that I have 14 different rooms, this does not count closets or hallway. I have lived in this house for 9 and a half years and have never sat down and counted the number of rooms we have. I knew as time went on I slowly got behind and things just never got cleaned.
I will say that when people came to live with us that these rooms came in handy. If we hadn’t had this much room, things would have definitely been tighter. But overall is it a blessing or a hinderance?
After seeing the scribblings I made on the paper how many rooms and what needed to be done to keep it up, I wrote on the top of the page, “HOUSE IS TOO BIG!!” We are only 2 people, how did we ever think we needed all this and all this stuff?
The last couple of months, Gerald and I decided to downsize. I have gone through each room and area, and have gotten rid of over 50% of the stuff. I could not believe some of the stuff we had and were keeping. We still have enough to fill this 14 room house, but it isn’t over filled anymore.
In the future, we are planning to move to a camper or small mobile home, so more ‘stuff’ will have to go. If I can spend less time trying to keep all this up, then maybe I can spend more time on the things that ‘need’ it. Where should my time be spent? God and those around me!! All of the material things of this world are just a distraction.
For me a big messy house causes:
- Stress when friends say they want to stop by
- I am less likely to invite people over because it is too much work
- Panic when family says they want to visit and I have to spend a week cleaning
- I choose not to spend time with others because I have so much at home to do
- Me to be overwhelmed because I don’t know where to start
- No time for hobbies to relax
- Less time with others
I can probably add to this list but I think I will stop there. Will having less stuff fix all of these problems? Not necessarily. I can always find excuses. I will say that when a family member mentioned stopping by recently, I felt no panic. I knew all I had to do was change the top blanket on the guest bed and it was ready for him. It was a peaceful feeling.
I hand it to all of you who can keep up a home and everything else.
I am looking forward to having less. If anyone is looking for a house to buy, I have one for sale. What will we be in next or where will we be? Who knows. Time will tell. But it will definitely be smaller. 🙂
