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Quite Simply..I got it wrong that time....

16/7/2015

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At the risk of sounding clichéd I am learning a lot about forgiving myself while Kondoing.

That wee boat sitting in the garden was a mistake. (Too heavy to get down to the loch so rarely used.) Saving all those pots from many years ago in Cyprus was a mistake. (Not frostproof and algae won't scrub off them and so they don't look good.) 

Although I don't make a lot of mistake purchases I have wasted more money over the years than I care to think about. Maybe I can't get that money back, but I can think harder now before making an impulse buy....and congratulate myself on all the good purchases I made on things which still give me joy.

Stopping writing at this point I looked around the room....there are only things in this room which bring me joy, It's wonderful!

I've stopped trying to justify such purchases by finding new or different uses for them and can simply say 'I got that one wrong, I don't want it now, I can let it go...'

It is so freeing being kind to myself this way.

Forgiving myself and moving on.

I do my best to recycle/gift forward/etc but occasionally I just bin something. There is not much point in giving myself a hard time over the very few things I do bin. Knowing there will be even fewer of them in future I can feel OK about this. We have quite a good recycling centre here so someone somewhere down the line will find a use for it, or if it is biodegradable it will eventually go back to the earth from whence it came.

We're almost finished in the kitchen and it was easier than I thought it would be....

And the boat which has been sitting like a reproach in the garden for such a long time, sold for the same price we paid for it, via a free postcard in the Co-op!

Yay!

How are you (Kon)doing?
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Lotta link
16/7/2015 12:49:28 pm

Someone (an ex-boat owner I believe!) kindly suggested I take a break from Kondoing, and it's helping me feel more inspired about it again. Thank you :-)
Maybe money is never wasted - the 'mistakes' are gifts of opportunities to learn about forgiveness and kindness to yourself, like you describe. Boats represent freedom of being out on the water, able to go wherever you choose, but yours has brought you freedom in a different way... As Marie would say, it served it's purpose.

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Freda
17/7/2015 05:31:49 am

Thank you Lotta - it did serve it's purpose - we had some fun with it, and I thanked it when it went!

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Swissrose link
16/7/2015 09:00:15 pm

Well done!
And "hear hear", too - it's a positive feeling, moving on without the guilt.

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Freda
17/7/2015 05:32:34 am

Thanks Swiss Rose. It's a really good feeling!

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cath
17/7/2015 12:05:30 am

Wow, you are going deep with this process. I hope to achieve the same freedom when it comes to things given to me, one day. I will meet that challenge coming to komono no doubt and I am almost there.
Dreading that category a little to be honest. I try to remind myself I did so with paper too and now it feels so much clearer. I can easily find papers when needed and that is so nice.

Can I ask how you approached 'kitchen'?

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Freda
17/7/2015 05:35:09 am

Funny you should say 'going deep' as I was practicing being in deep water at the pool today! Scary, but good too. Like this process we are sharing. I'll post about the kitchen process....Well done with your papers Cath. So worth it.

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julia
17/7/2015 03:39:16 am

i will share with you a favorite quote from my father:
the two happiest days of my life were the day i bought my boat, and the day i sold my boat.
:-)

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Cathy
17/7/2015 03:42:11 am

No fair, Julia!! That's what I was going to say! lol!!

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Freda
17/7/2015 05:36:10 am

Great minds think alike Cathy!

Freda
17/7/2015 05:35:38 am

Love it!

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