Why I will never be a minimalist ... no matter how hard I try.
There is something truly inspired about living a minimalist life - tiny houses, few possessions growing your own food..etc. I love the idea, but with 2 kids under the age of 10 it is a pipe dream.
It isn't impossible because I have 2 kids or because they are young - it is BOTH of those reasons. If it were just my husband and I, I would be converting a 1950's mini bus right now instead of blogging about it.
So, I am going to try to follow the advice of Marie Kondo and only keep/buy things that bring me "joy" or at least things that have a real PURPOSE - an attempt to keep clutter down and function high. This is new for me. I love t who and have, in the past, gotten things just because I liked them, or wanted them, or a bored. I am embarrassingly guilty of shopping for my kids as a way to get the shopping fix. They couldn't have a bigger empire of wasteful toys.
So, I am starting small. Getting rid of all the clothes we don't wear or don't fit and giving them to the Goodwill. I am donating things I don't use, and toys that aren't played with. I am recycling old papers that sit on shelves - that we keep "in case someone asks about them in 5 years". I am donating food we don't eat.
Simultaneously, I will not buy anything I don't need, or at least only buy things if I find myself truly in love with it and see myself keeping it for years and loving it more in the future.
My rule for clothing (for myself) is 7 of each thing. Once something is too old or tattered or doesn't fit, I replace it with only one item of it's same kind - that I love. Wish me luck.
Some food for thought:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308
http://www.hgtv.com/shows/tiny-house-big-living
It isn't impossible because I have 2 kids or because they are young - it is BOTH of those reasons. If it were just my husband and I, I would be converting a 1950's mini bus right now instead of blogging about it.
So, I am going to try to follow the advice of Marie Kondo and only keep/buy things that bring me "joy" or at least things that have a real PURPOSE - an attempt to keep clutter down and function high. This is new for me. I love t who and have, in the past, gotten things just because I liked them, or wanted them, or a bored. I am embarrassingly guilty of shopping for my kids as a way to get the shopping fix. They couldn't have a bigger empire of wasteful toys.
So, I am starting small. Getting rid of all the clothes we don't wear or don't fit and giving them to the Goodwill. I am donating things I don't use, and toys that aren't played with. I am recycling old papers that sit on shelves - that we keep "in case someone asks about them in 5 years". I am donating food we don't eat.
Simultaneously, I will not buy anything I don't need, or at least only buy things if I find myself truly in love with it and see myself keeping it for years and loving it more in the future.
My rule for clothing (for myself) is 7 of each thing. Once something is too old or tattered or doesn't fit, I replace it with only one item of it's same kind - that I love. Wish me luck.
Some food for thought:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308
http://www.hgtv.com/shows/tiny-house-big-living
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