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Sunday, Feb 10 2008 - The easy or the good way?
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I had what I'm calling a backwards ah-ha moment. For almost a year, I've been seeing a psychologist. Some people frown on this type of therapy, but I have found it extremely helpful. I was told changes would take place in my life as I was discovering different things I hadn't realized, or wanted to see, before.
We've covered many different topics, repeated a few, and we still have a way to go. But like I said, it's been helpful. One of the "side effects" I've noticed has been cleaning out the crap in my life. Sure, there has been a change with friends and how I look at things, but the biggest change has come from inside my house.
I had dedicated a room to stuff. I called it the dog's room, so it didn't really matter - she just slept on the bed anyway. I've never been really good at following the "buy one thing, get rid of one thing" rule. So in this room I had floor lamps, table lamps, the overflow from my closet (mind you - of clothes I couldn't fit in to), piles of papers that need to be gone through...just stuff. With all the discussion with my therapist, all of that stuff started to bug me. It was here, taking up space. My house felt more like a storage compartment than a home.
Slowly I've been cleaning things out. I piled as much of the stuff as I could into my car and took it to Salvation Army. It was good stuff - I just didn't want or need it anymore. Plus, it was a great deduction for my tax return! You know what? I haven't missed what isn't here anymore. And my house is beginning to feel more like a home again.
On the food side, things have been going okay. I got on the scale today and nearly fell over. I'm knocking on the door to the 260s! My clothes are feeling better. Actually, I think they are starting to actually fit, rather than getting stuffed into. I think it's hard ... do we really know what it feels like to have clothes FIT? The "experts" keep saying that we shouldn't look at the size of the clothing and just go by what feels right. Well, a size 28 doesn't "feel" right to me, just because of the number on the tag. So as a result, I don't know that any of my clothes really feel like they're supposed to.
Speaking of food - I need breakfast. Have a good day!!
We've covered many different topics, repeated a few, and we still have a way to go. But like I said, it's been helpful. One of the "side effects" I've noticed has been cleaning out the crap in my life. Sure, there has been a change with friends and how I look at things, but the biggest change has come from inside my house.
I had dedicated a room to stuff. I called it the dog's room, so it didn't really matter - she just slept on the bed anyway. I've never been really good at following the "buy one thing, get rid of one thing" rule. So in this room I had floor lamps, table lamps, the overflow from my closet (mind you - of clothes I couldn't fit in to), piles of papers that need to be gone through...just stuff. With all the discussion with my therapist, all of that stuff started to bug me. It was here, taking up space. My house felt more like a storage compartment than a home.
Slowly I've been cleaning things out. I piled as much of the stuff as I could into my car and took it to Salvation Army. It was good stuff - I just didn't want or need it anymore. Plus, it was a great deduction for my tax return! You know what? I haven't missed what isn't here anymore. And my house is beginning to feel more like a home again.
On the food side, things have been going okay. I got on the scale today and nearly fell over. I'm knocking on the door to the 260s! My clothes are feeling better. Actually, I think they are starting to actually fit, rather than getting stuffed into. I think it's hard ... do we really know what it feels like to have clothes FIT? The "experts" keep saying that we shouldn't look at the size of the clothing and just go by what feels right. Well, a size 28 doesn't "feel" right to me, just because of the number on the tag. So as a result, I don't know that any of my clothes really feel like they're supposed to.
Speaking of food - I need breakfast. Have a good day!!
1 comments so far.
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a decade ago
I'm SOOOO proud of you!!!!
You are doing GREAT!
(I always feel better about myself when things are organized - for that readon, living with my husband drives me up a TREE...) I find that when my car is clean, my house is clean, and my office is clean, I truly FEEL sooo much better...
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