I took a look around my home recently, I came to a painful realization. I still have tons of clutter around. Right now, my home doesn't look like an "after" picture in a "before and after" comparison of clutter clean-up.
Does this mean my efforts from the past year and half on this blog have all been a failure? I sincerely don't view it like that. As my posts have shown, I have indeed gotten rid of TONS and tons of stuff. Like I've said before, there's no way I could have moved out of my last apartment if I didn't start taking action on this a while back. But clutter really is about accumulation, and just like mowing the lawn, it's one of those things that's not going to be forever done in just one sitting. Continuing with the lawn analogy though, if you wait too long and let it accumulate, the situation does grow ridiculously out of control and the job gets harder to do.
So believe me, this blog isn't going away any time soon. There's plenty to clear out. Between moving into a new place, getting married, getting a new job, etc., I haven't been making this a priority. But I'm "settled in" now, so I can't use that as an excuse.
I DO notice a change in my bevior though, compared to 2 years ago. Clutter control isn't as simple as cleaning one's existing place, or moving to a bigger one, because if you're still a packrat at heart, you're going to fill up your remaining stuff again. I rarely go on these shopping sprees that used to increase the volume of my stuff: book shopping, DVD buying, flea markets, etc. I'm just due for another major cleaning. You'll see the photos here eventually, of course.
