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I have been
travelling from Tuesday till Thursday, so I went through my clothes quite
quickly on Monday and pulled everything out that I have never or rarely worn
and is not one of my favourites. With this method I got roughly 30 items
together. At the weekend I had time to get back to those things. It was quite
easy to get them out of my wardrobe, it is another thing to really get rid of
them. I only own three skirts, two I really love, but I decided to keep the
third. Being ruthless in decluttering seems easier when you have money to
replace things. But I don’t want to bin things just to replace them with
something new. With this in mind I managed to reduce the pile of clothes I had
got out by half. Back into my wardrobe went things I actually wear although
they are not really perfect for me. Another category that went back was
clothes I hope to be wearing again when I have less weight on. I know many
books on weight loss and decluttering suggest putting those items away and buy
something new once you lost the weight you want. I think that is such a waste.
It actually can be a source of motivation to see myself wearing those clothes
again. So that is how decluttering went this week: It was successful, I
decluttered in an area I thought was already clutter-free. My method “produced”
more output than if I had chosen to get rid of one thing per day. And I will
pass the things on to friends or charity shops, reducing actual waste.
But there
is something troubling me. I might be moving flat rather soonish. And I don’t
see me decluttering on a large scale for that, because the schedule would be
rather tight. The thought that I might be moving before I went through my
decluttering plan for 52 weeks and therefor taking a lot of clutter to a new
place depresses me profoundly. Last night I even had a nightmare concerning
being kicked out of my home, finding no flat to put my stuff and having to pass
exams while I do not have a place to stay. I will stick to my plan as I believe
small things matter and make a difference, but I rather wish I had a better
solution. As with other things, too. This does sound a bit disheartening, but I
am making a shift to the attitude that it is yet again not about trying to
reach some goals, but who I really want to be now. I want to establish a
lifestyle of awareness, appreciating what is there, wasting little, purchasing
close to zero, and not accumulating material possessions. I can try to be this
person whatever the circumstances. It is maybe more difficult to make this
change when times are turbulent and my mind is on other matters. But exactly
that is the challenge for the practise. That is the moment of truth. Next
on is my corner of tools. ;-)
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Ich war unterwegs von Dienstag bis Donnerstag, daher bin ich
meine Kleidung schnell am Montag durchgegangen und habe alles herausgezogen,
was ich niemals oder selten getragen habe und nicht eines meiner Lieblinge ist.
Mit dieser Methode habe ich 30 Teile zusammenbekommen. Am Wochenende hatte ich
Zeit, mich diesen Dingen erneut zuzuwenden. Es war recht einfach, sie aus
meinem Kleiderschrank zu zupfen, es ist aber eine andere Sache, diese Dinge
wirklich loszuwerden. Ich besitze nur drei Röcke, zwei die ich richtig mag,
aber ich entschloß mich, den dritten zu behalten. Gnadenlos im Ausmisten zu
sein, scheint einfacher, wenn man das Geld hat, Dinge zu ersetzen. Aber ich
will Dinge nicht wegschmeißen, um sie dann durch etwas Neues zu ersetzen. Mit
diesem Gedanken im Kopf gelang es mir den Stapel an herausgenommener Kleidung
auf die Hälfte zu reduzieren. Zurück in meinen Kleiderschrank wanderten Dinge,
die ich tatsächlich trage, auch wenn sie nicht perfekt für mich sind. Eine
andere Kategorie, die zurückging, waren Kleider, von denen ich hoffe, sie
wieder zu tragen, wenn ich weniger Gewicht drauf habe. Ich kenne viele Bücher
zu Abnehmen und Ausmisten, die vorschlagen, solche Teile wegzutun und etwas
Neues zu kaufen, sobald man das gewünschte Gewicht verloren hat. Ich halte das
für eine Verschwendung. Es kann eigentlich eine Quelle der Motivation sein,
mich selbst wieder in den Klamotten zu sehen. So lief das Ausmisten also diese
Woche: Es war erfolgreich, ich habe in einem Bereich ausgemistet, den ich für
krempelfrei hielt. Meine Methode hat mehr Resultat „produziert“ als wenn ich mich entschieden hätte, ein Ding pro Tag loszuwerden. Und ich werde die
Dinge an Freude oder Wohltätigkeitseinrichtungen vergeben, tatsächliche
Verschwendung verringernd.
Kiki,
AntwortenLöschenI can see where you're coming from (as they say), but I'm not sure if I like where you are going to - figuratively, of course. The trick is finding a balance between having too much and not having enough (or nothing at all)...