Gena and I have been talking about creating a full-fledged “Simplifying Our Lives” goal sheet, listing our mission, all our goals, and the due dates we’ll give ourselves for making them.
Meanwhile, we’ve begun what I’d call “Phase 1″ of our goals, which pretty much amounts to Spring Cleaning. If you’ve been following, you’ve seen that I’ve put about 30 items on ebay, brought 7 boxes to Goodwill and a box of books to Half Price Books (made $16. Yay.). This is progress, but it’s easy stuff. We haven’t felt much self-sacrifice yet in getting rid of old McDonald’s toys and books we never cracked. We know more is coming. We’re amazed that we can get rid of 7 boxes of stuff from about 3 rooms and then wonder how it looks any different. We, like our culture, have collected stuff for YEARS. We’ve gotten caught in the collection trap and just have “stuff” to get rid of.
But it’s going! And our lives are simplifying every day.
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