Pure white tulips.
Outer order, inner calm.
This is the title of Gretchen Rubin's latest book, but I've long been a convert to this principle.
It really works for me.
Does it work for you too?
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Pure white tulips. Outer order, inner calm. This is the title of Gretchen Rubin's latest book, but I've long been a convert to this principle. It really works for me. Does it work for you too?
15 Comments
julia
12/1/2020 03:01:45 am
It took me more than half my life to truly understand how important “order” was for me. Without it, i experience an ongoing sense of anxiety: too much to be done, and no way to get it done. Getting rid of more than half our stuff and simplifying our home was the most healing thing i could ever have done. ...well of course there was Yoga too!...:-)
Freda
12/1/2020 02:25:06 pm
I can't help but think well done Julia for seeing it through! To get rid of half your stuff - brava!
Gail
12/1/2020 03:50:48 am
The outside affects my inner more than the other way.
Freda
12/1/2020 02:26:00 pm
That's an interesting thought Gail..
MaryB
12/1/2020 06:14:06 am
Yes ,that is the way my personality works too. I am finding it awfully hard to achieve with family and outside pressure just now. I agree with Julia about the calming of decluttering. Beautiful tulips Freda.!
Freda
12/1/2020 02:28:04 pm
They just lift my spirits every time I look at them.
cath
12/1/2020 08:35:42 am
Oh yes, it works for me too. The process of creating order is immensely helpful to create order in my mind. That's where I turn to when I am overwhelmed by...whatever.
Freda
12/1/2020 02:30:39 pm
I find having order in my surroundings makes me feel free. I will think a little more about what I mean by that!
Swissrose
12/1/2020 09:21:06 am
LOL I eventually had to accept my orderly Germanic side - I am half English, half German and have lived most of my life in Switzerland, so I am never really here or there, but have generally felt much more English and/or Swiss... But yes, I crave order and after the chaotic child-rearing years, I wallow in it to a great extent!! It helps to be in neat and tidy Switzerland. On the other hand, it's a great procrastinator ;o Nothing serious or put-offable gets done until I have achieved that calmness around me. Hopeless cause, I suspect!
Freda
12/1/2020 02:33:39 pm
That is so interesting Swissrose. I've been very influenced by the Scandinavian love of order which made me feel so calm.
Grace
12/1/2020 09:44:07 am
The older I get, the more I yearn for order. I seem to be constantly clearing out, but there is much work yet to be done to attain order in this house ...
MaryB
12/1/2020 01:18:26 pm
That's exactly my situation Grace. One day....!
Freda
12/1/2020 02:38:09 pm
Someone recently said to me about the flooding in Venice 'The tide comes in, the tidegoes out. Life goes on.' Maybe it's like that with our stuff?
Freda
12/1/2020 02:34:40 pm
The phrase about the journey not the destination comes to mind,,,
Judy
18/1/2020 12:02:58 pm
I like the way you plonk, Freda. Leave a Reply. |
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