I’m so tired of all the stuff we have accumulated over the years. It
makes me wonder what the hell I was thinking when I bought it or took
it in from someone else.

This is much more than decluttering.
My children have enough clothes to warm a small tribe. Not to mention
we all wear the same two or three shirts and pants every week because I
wash laundry so much.

Does a seven year old actually NEED ten sweaters?

Right
now I’m looking at bags of stuffed animals that came out of the kids
room while we’re remodeling. And there’s the stack of magazines I’ve
only flipped through. Not to mention the bookcase full of shitty books
that I don’t have the heart to get rid of yet.

ICK!!!!

I
will say that we’ve been good, not buying the kids any toys in the
last few months. (which coincided with boycotting Walmart  )

I
think that if someone rolled up a Goodwill truck today, I could get rid
of half of the items in our house and we really wouldn’t miss them.

We
have a baby cradle, baby crib, two highchairs…..the matching set was
mine when I was a baby. For years my family has hung onto this set. Why do we place such an importance on it that no one wants to get rid
of it? I didn’t have problems getting rid of the first bed Cory and I
every shared. So why this?

Western culture and attachment to
items. It has become a sickness for too many people. I have these
dreams of a house where pots and pans hang on the wall and we have room
to do so many of the hobbies we want to do. Cory wants to build
guitars, I want to write and sew and garden. But there’s no room….because of
the stuff.

I complain about constantly picking up after everyone like a maid but the truth is, if we didn’t have all this stuff, cleaning would be a breeze. It’s overwhelming.

In all actuality, my house looks no different than most everyone I know. We all have stuff we don’t need or use only it’s really starting to affect how I feel inside my house. I don’t want to live surrounded by things I don’t appreciate.

How do you break the habit?

I’m
worried because Syl has such severe separation depression when we get
rid of things….like swapping his old bed for bunkbeds, donating baby
toys, you name it….it’s his favorite. I don’t want to have a child so
attached to things. But look at me, it took YEARS for me to get rid of my piece of crap car.

SOOOOO who wants to get in on the Living Simply challenge?

Tired of all the stuff around you closing you in?

Stop buying stuff you don’t need.

Support your the library. Buy only your absolutely favorite books.

Don’t buy your kid every favorite plastic junk toy from China because it goes with the set.

Stop saving things for use later unless you’re REALLY going to use them.

Help me keep this list going. Link up sites. SUPPORT ME AS I STRIP AWAY ALL MY FAMILY’S BELONGINGS. LOL

This isn’t the life I want for my kids. I don’t want them to be attached to their surroundings. I want them to create their surroundings.

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