One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.
One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
On my mile long to-do list for the next month or so is to undertake my version of spring cleaning.
Although I have a pretty rigorous (to me) weekly cleaning schedule for myself…
This year my spring cleaning will be more about weeding out – getting rid of the superfluous – simplifying.
I am not good at this. I like to organize. But I like my stuff.
When we moved into our house, almost two years ago, we did a major overhaul of stuff we no longer needed.
We held a garage sale and walked away with a good chunk of change to show for our “junk”.
Then about six months or so ago – I did another overhaul of my “office” -
The spare room, where no real work gets done – but has become more of a walk in closet/ work station for my clothes, knitting, sewing machine and clutter. I got rid of about six garbage bags full of clothes, shoes and bags that time around.
And now, as the weather is taunting us with a warm day every few days, I am itching to spend a good chunk of hours in the weeks to come, organizing and purging and giving away and bagging up.
Spring is nearly here and I’m getting ready.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
simplicity + spring cleaning
Posted by Jess at Thursday, March 19, 2009
Labels: daily life, my life in pictures
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I like the quote you have at the top of this post. Good luck with the cleaning. I am so bad at it.
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