OK, so I’ve made the decision to look at my house and stuff through this season of Lent, using the lens of “real” by asking questions like:
How do I really feel when I step into this space?
Why did I really buy this?
Why am I really keeping this?
What image did I really hope this would project about me?
But how? Now what? Now I actually have to DO something.
There are about six weeks until Holy Week, so I’ve chosen six general areas to examine – categories where I know I have stuff hidden away that I want to address (read: really don’t want to address):
-What do I wear?
-How do I eat?
-What activities do I engage in?
-What do I stock up on?
-What do I store with no current purpose?
-What memories am I holding onto?
I’ve decided against room-based categories because I don’t necessarily keep all like things together in the same room and I don’t want to give myself the out of not addressing something just because it’s not in the room I’m focused on.
I’m going to start with “What do I wear” for a couple reasons. First, I think we all have clothes. Second, I’m writing at a desk in my bedroom, so clothes are pretty much right.in.my.face. Third, clothes are really easy. and they’re really hard. Getting rid of a pair of socks with holes in it can be zero effort, but clothes can also be weirdly emotional, right? So, whether you respond best to starting a project with the easy, embracing the snowball effect (like this), or respond best to starting your day by eating a frog (concept dubiously assigned to Mark Twain here), clothes are both.
For me, I respond best by having something else to do. For all you personality test junkies, I’m a Myers-Briggs ENFP and the most accurate thing I’ve ever read about ENFP’s is that it is amazing what we’re capable of accomplishing…..when we’re supposed to be doing something else.
Like right now.
Perhaps I need to stop writing about decluttering what I wear and go face my closet. My holey socks are waiting.
Check in on Facebook and Instagram throughout the week, I’ll be posting some photos of actually decluttering the things I wear.
Uncovering Real 