is this a new series on the blog? sure, why not! it may not be every thursday (in fact it won't, i don't want every day to be a predetermined series!), but that's kinda the point. i'd like to write these thoughtful posts when i'm feeling, um, thoughtful. like today.
first things first: i'm using photographs from the adorable sarah tucker's etsy shop as the eye candy in this post. want more beautiful photos and a very sweet love story (with a side effect of acute jealousy due to all the amazing places she's been)? then be sure to check out her blog, fairy tales come true.
so, since i started some reorganization projects last weekend and have made a to-do list of others to be done throughout the winter (hopefully sooner rather than later), i've been thinking about clutter. physical and mental clutter.
because i'm a person who, when i have stuff everywhere, can't seem to concentrate on anything but that.
so i become weighed down by it all. i wonder how i got all this stuff. why do i have it? do i need it? and how can i arrange it in a way that does not leave me exasperated every time i look at it?
this last question became the basis of the projects that i have now taken on. the reason for my trips to ikea and target last weekend. because i not only have too much stuff, but the stuff i do want is sometimes hard to access. i'm thinking this can be applied to both the physical and the mental clutter.
the top shelf of my closet scares me. like if i move one little thing everything might come toppling down. because it might. i need to fix this.
so for the next few weekends, while it's bitter cold outside, i'll be inside, throwing away, recycling, charity-ing (i made a new word!), ebay-ing (someone else probably made that one up already) and then arranging and rearranging. until i have a space that isn't packed to the gills.
because i need room to grow. again, physically and mentally. if i want to start a new project, i want to have the space to store it. if i am inspired to .... write ... read ... create ... blog ... etc ... i don't want to be lost in that mess of stuff rather than in whatever got me inspired.
i don't have a lot of storage space in my apartment, but the closets aren't exactly tiny either. i just have too many things. i keep things i don't use and am really good at thinking up ways i could use a particular item in the future. i'm starting to see a good metaphor in there for how to [not] live one's life.
see, this thinking thing pays off! and thanks for following me through it.
xo. di.
*all images via sgm tucker photography
