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9/4/2015

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I am getting a bit stuck in my Kondoing! Not entirely stuck but definitely slowed down a lot. I have decided to discard some things but not actually got them out of the house - so they are accumulating in the guest room and depress me a little when I look in there....I start having second thoughts, and looking through them again thinking Maybe I could use/wear/change my mind.. and then I quietly back out of the room and go and do something else!

My friend Julia has come to the rescue I think with her thoughts on thanking our things. I realised I hadn't thanked them! Maybe that is why I am struggling to let them go!
 
Tonight I am putting them in bags and boxes and thanking each and every one for being of service in my life, blessing them for helping me get to where I am now, and getting them into the boot of the car to go to the charity shops tomorrow.

Big sigh! And a big thank-you to Julia..

By the way do you think it is possible to have too many daffodils?
19 Comments
Cathy
9/4/2015 10:44:09 am

Don't look! Don't look! Just grab a bag & take it out to the Goodwill store or the church rummage sale. After working to get these things out of the house, you don't want them sneaking back in.

And the answer to your question....no, you could never have too many daffodils.

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Freda
9/4/2015 07:04:32 pm

When I think of all the stuff that's gone already and I can't even remember what it was.....You're right!

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Swissrose link
9/4/2015 04:37:22 pm

Never!!! My husband planted a corner full so I could bring as many daffs as I wanted into the house this spring… :)

Re. "stuff" - I must admit my discards often have to wait a while before I get round to taking them to the charity shop, but I've realised that by the time I do so, I've usually forgotten what's in the boxes (after a couple or 6 weeks!). The only times I've vaguely missed something is when it went quickly… not that that ever lasted or that I replaced it! And I think the idea of thanking our stuff, or even having that repeated realisation of how we 're helping ourselves, is extremely helpful - perhaps an important key for a lot of folk? We are very hard on ourselves… but afterwards, we glow :)

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Freda
9/4/2015 07:05:43 pm

All the other rooms 'glow' - what a good word - I do want the guest room to glow again....

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Swissrose link
15/4/2015 04:57:49 pm

LOL - my loft is now "glowing" (we share the attic with youngest daughter…) and ready for guests this weekend! It's such a satisfying feeling - cheers!! :)

Elaine link
9/4/2015 04:51:55 pm

I throw most of my stuff out without any regret but then I look for something and can't find it - which is just so annoying - so now I leave a bit of space between de-cluttering and actually getting rid. For now I think the house has been de-cluttered to death - and is actually breathing a sigh of relief!

And no of course you can't have too many daffodils - my garden is looking splendidly yellow and green at the moment.

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Freda
9/4/2015 07:07:11 pm

So glad you are recovering Elaine - my guest room will breathe a sigh of relief when I get all that stuff out of there...

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julia
10/4/2015 02:28:20 am

the daffodils are truly glorious....ours will be out in a day or two with the lovely warm weather we have had...and i am so happy that thanking your things is helping. i am noticing that if i thank each of my things as i put them away each day (as marie kondo suggests), i feel less deprived...less need to go shopping, it is a moment of feeling quite blessed. at first i felt foolish!, but now, just grateful..:-)

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julia
10/4/2015 02:29:48 am

and ps, freda....it is so nice to see these glimpses of your home....it is so serene...you are doing a great job of your kondoing...

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Freda
10/4/2015 02:55:24 am

Thank you Julia!

Freda
10/4/2015 02:54:29 am

It feels like a nice thing to do - just being grateful, and acknowledging that we are happy to have the things we love..

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vagabonde link
10/4/2015 03:06:54 am

I started to earnestly de-clutter the house, but it is hard. As for daffodils – they are glorious flowers. We went to a garden last week where there were fields of daffodils – it was amazing to watch. They are flowers made to smile.

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Freda
10/4/2015 03:31:24 am

It is hard some of the time - but SO worth it! Congratulations on your six years of blogging, and I do love those fields of daffodils.

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cath
10/4/2015 03:58:27 am

As I am still Kondoing the first category clothes, and after a few trials now seriously, I obviously still have a long way to go before our apartment 'glows'. Yet this afternoon I was wearing a combination of things that survived the weeding, it felt simple and I felt elegant. This process is so very much worth the effort.

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Freda
10/4/2015 04:01:02 am

You were glowing! How lovely - you are obviously getting the hang of it.

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Lucille
10/4/2015 06:30:15 pm

Yes I have slowed too because I've reached some difficult areas. There are too many pictures stacked on the floor. They should either be hung or disposed of but they aren't all charity shop suitable. We have a table sale once a year and I suppose I am hanging on to them for that event. But my drawers are still giving me much pleasure and I haven't backslid on the folding.

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Freda
10/4/2015 09:45:16 pm

It's the pleasure in the bits I have done that is keeping me going, even if more slowly. I am toying with the idea of a big sale of paintings at ridiculous prices.....If you hung all of them would that help you decide which you really want to cherish? No backsliding here either - aren't we good?

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Gail
11/4/2015 10:27:29 pm

I've never had a clutter problem-visual noise drives me crazy(not a long journey). 2.5 years ago my dear friend, a hoarder of expensive things, died suddenly and about the same time I started reading minimalist blogs. The combo lead me to get rid of stuff. I started tilting too far almost. One day I thought, I, me alone,decides how much to live with.....not some blogging minimalist. I don't have to justify 3 flower vases to anyone. Sorry for long comment about my "stuck" moment.

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Elizabeth
12/4/2015 05:00:59 am

Kondo update from me re: my family photo albums. I was a bit "stuck" in indecision, but after my daughters said they didn't feel the need to select & save any favorite photos from the albums (since all have been scanned) the photos & albums are now history. Burn barrel!

Next I need to ponder what to do about my quilt collection. I am an avid quilter, it is my art form, and they are stacking up. Creative process problem!

And finally, I LOVE your daffodils. Our spring is far behind, today is the first day I can see tips of tulips and bleeding hearts just poking out of the soil.

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