Simply..a Kondo turn of phrase....

19/6/2015

'...the space I live in is graced only with those things that speak to my heart. My lifestyle brings me joy.'

Marie Kondo.

Getting closer to this ideal, and it is getting easier too, with practice.

JOY/NOT JOY That is the question!

How are you progressing?

Mixed feelings about this lovely early morning garden visitor. I was torn between just watching, going for the camera, or chasing it off the roses....I did all three!

10 Comments

rusty duck link

19/6/2015 09:10:56 am

Oh deer.... I would hope the thorns might put them off, obviously not!

Freda

20/6/2015 04:56:13 am

I'm hoping the smelly soap I've put down will put them off now...

Lotta link

19/6/2015 03:44:52 pm

The expression on it's face reminds me of the Victoria Wood joke about looking startled in her passport photo because someone had just poked an eclair through the curtains... I think the deer might feel the same way about the camera!

Freda

20/6/2015 04:56:50 am

I felt like the intruder!

cath

20/6/2015 12:00:45 am

Progressing slowly. I had accumulated a lot of 'paper' over the years. All kinds of categories. Still many weeks to go before starting komono. Yet order is appearing from within. That brings me joy.

In my book about Native American Medicine Cards a deer stands for 'gentleness'. In Celtic spirituality it invites us to explore the deeper pathways of our life.

Freda

20/6/2015 04:58:36 am

Sometimes you just have to plod...I love the associations with the deer. I was sorry to chase it away, but I've been waiting so long for these roses!

Cathy

20/6/2015 03:50:40 am

I've thought of a small shelving unit in the basement that hasn't been sorted for awhile. And my drawer of wrapping paper. I'm sure I've tucked pieces in there that are much too small to wrap anything but couldn't bear to toss them at the time. Now's the time.

We have deer periodically in the back yard...maybe more often than we think. They're so pretty, but can be so destructive.

Freda

20/6/2015 05:00:43 am

I'm sure I've got bits of paper like that too! Did the sewing kit today - halved it. Soo elegant, the deer, and yes, destructive!

Madeleine

21/6/2015 06:48:33 am

I haven't finished my Kondoing yet, but making a big effort to move things out of the house when we've finished with them - eg clothing the kids have outgrown, a heater that broke.

Interestingly, although I haven't finished the process some huge, positive changes have occurred,as she predicts. First, I have started studying to change careers - I never thought I could find the time/money/energy to do it. And second, some long lost relatives whom I haven't seen for 40 years tracked me down and there has been joy all round.

Madeleine.x

Freda

21/6/2015 07:23:57 am

This is wonderful Madeleine. As I get nearer the end of this process am anticipating having more time/money/energy too...I just know that is going to come. Exciting! Am so pleased for you!

Simply..a Kondo turn of phrase....

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