Letting Go

As I started the new year, I had one major goal in mind: Getting Dressed.

I’m only half joking.

For the past year or so I’ve pretty well been living in the same crusty clothes, because I’m not going anywhere, and let’s face it, someone is going to snot on me.    From a purely laundry-logistics point of view it makes perfect sense to not get dressed.

Unfortunately it lends to also not doing other things, like uh, leaving the house, or showering, and let me tell you, things can start to stagnate.  When one hops out of bed and gets dressed right away, she is ready to face whatever the day has to offer.  Sunshine beckoning a walk?  Ready.  Friends heading to the library?  Ready.  Need to run to the grocery?  Ready.  UPS man at the door?   You get the idea.

Getting dressed is a pretty good resolution, so I’m keeping it.

Lately however, I’ve been slowly coming around to something bigger, something that could seriously change the direction of daily life, long term goals, and maybe even this blog.

I tend to hold onto things.  I hold onto tupperware lids, I hold onto old jeans, I hold onto big ideas.  I hold onto physical clutter, mental clutter, emotional clutter, despite the fact that they all bog me down and ultimately make me unproductive.  So this year, in addition to getting dressed, I’m going to work on letting go of things that no longer work for me.

Some examples of things I’ll be working on:

• de-clutter closets
• get rid of unused kitchen stuff
• keep an ongoing Goodwill box by the back door
• not plant foods in my garden that my family won’t eat
• use disposable diapers for night and travel
•  bring the kids home for the upcoming school year
• butchering and replacing layed-out hens
• replace/enlarge chicken run
• evaluate weather I really want to keep blogging
• not comparing our life/ garden/ ideas to yours
• quit extracurricular activities we don’t enjoy

I’ll keep you posted!