Growing up in chaos, I felt like my life was so out of control. There were so many things going on that I was not able to get a handle on one thing without something else distracting me. Add trying to stay functional, the stress level was high.
Today, our house is in a chaotic state. What was to take a few weeks is now taking several months. Furniture piled up, stuff in boxes, stuff stacked up, unable to find things in order to put it back together. The feeling seems similar to the past even though it is a different situation. It is not a life-threatening situation. I aim for an orderly life as a way to feel more in charge. Of course, there are many areas in life that there is little to no way to be in charge of or even try to control it.
Since this remodeling project was started, I decided that we needed to trim our belongings by 25%. Stuff slowly accumulates with adding and not subtracting at least one item to keep it in balance. The largest piles are paper, paper, paper!
Since I also am going through some catharsis in my own mind and body, I was wondering if there is a connection between fixing our house and fixing my body and releasing old stuff from both places. Maybe when I scream that I cannot stand the mess in the house, it also goes for the mess inside me. You know, those things that limit us?
With the end of the year coming up soon, there seems to be a push to clear the limiting beliefs and stuff away to make room for the new opportunities that we have made room for to embrace and live out. That old baggage is so heavy to continue to schlep around. I actually can stand a bit taller, breathe deeper and move more freely.
Some are labeling 2016 as a Quantum Leap Year so wouldn’t be nice to clear space to be able to do this?
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