Finally finished my closet and bedroom - save for carting out one last bag of trash and a final dusting and vacuuming. Nice walk this morning with my old friend SG from these boards, then made brunch with my eldest son who lives with me. Quick downstairs cleanup between watching episodes of Boba Fett with him. My youngest son is coming down to visit this afternoon with his girlfriend and to pick up his Xmas presents finally.
I’m really on a roll with decluttering. Kitchen cabinets next weekend, then the garage. I’ll never be a minimalist, but right now I’m a reductionist. I try to keep Swedish death cleaning in mind, and minimize the amount of useless stuff my kids would have to go through in the event of my untimely demise.
Just having purged my clothes closet in the beginning of the pandemic had a big effect on reducing what I bought since. Seeing how I have plenty already, and enjoying the cleared out space, makes me loathe to clutter it up again. Since I did that two years ago, I have bought exactly one pair of shoes (running shoes to replace a worn out pair) and two pairs each of exercise shorts and leggings (because they were a screaming deal at Costco and had pockets for my cell phone. I got rid of a larger amount of workout clothes that weren’t as nice or didn’t fit as well .
Less is more! I knew this, but after my divorce, I moved into a larger house with lots of storage space so it wasn’t really on my mind. Now it is again.
