My work schedule is lighter than normal this spring and I’m not taking or teaching any classes right now, so I’ve had a lot more time at home lately. During the first week of this schedule, I’d get home at 5 or 6 p.m., eat some dinner, and then wonder, “Now what?” It would occur to me to watch a movie…and when that ended at 8 o’clock, I was back to the same question, “Now what?!!” I wasn’ t sure what to do with myself!
This week, I got my groove on though! I was having problems with my computer that I thought might be due to the somewhat overcrowded workspace on the table that I use it on. So I took the piles of papers off the table and put them in the middle of my living area, on the floor. And my answer to my “now what” question became apparent, at least for that evening — go through all these papers! When I got done with the papers and catalogs that night (most of which were recycled), I went through old bills the next night, and then started on the magazines.
And so, I have recycled 27 pounds of stuff in the last few days. And there is more to come! When I finish with papers, I plan to go through my closet and work on getting some clothes out of there. And there are always empty bottles that need rinsing and recycling. My aim is that my apartment will be 100 pounds lighter by June 1st.
It’s very nice to have this time to clean and to have the spirit to do it! I felt like I was overdue for a cleansing activity of some sort, and this is surely fitting the bill. All the piles of stuff drive me nuts when I’m crazy busy and really don’t have the blocks of time needed to do this kind of cleaning. They will drive me nuts no more! And thankfully (I guess…), the newspapers will not pile up again since we don’t have a daily paper here anymore, and I no longer subscribe to any magazines. So some of this work will get rid of a problem permanently. If only the rest of life’s problems were that easy to get rid of forever, eh?!
