Hello everyone, and welcome to my journey! This will be quite an undertaking and a great adventure for me. My No Spending Zone is what I am calling it. The Mission? No spending for one year on any unnecessary items, just food and the normal things to run a home. I will also be editing, cleaning, painting and clearing my clutter. Quite a challenge huh!
My mantra: "Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful "` William Morris
So I will be clearing, cleaning, painting, movin and shakin this little cottage from this day forward.
I have started this blog because I just moved into a smaller home, I am a die hard home decorator and creator of "things" out of nothing, and it is out of control!
I am a creative soul that "can see" trash into a treasure, however, I have an over abundance of stuff now and it is time to edit, yard sale, keep, cry over, let go, and finally, have a home that is a peaceful place, of meditation, of clearness, that I can maintain and entertain in, that has a nice flow, is comfortable and here is the important part, has NO CLUTTER!
Since I recently also retired, I now have the time and the wherewith all to start this challenge and stop shopping and spending and utilize what I currently have and to pare down this stash of stuff. It's just Stuff!
I have realized that all this stuff has cluttered not only my home but my mind as well. What is the saying, a cluttered home is a cluttered mind! Well, that seems to be very true. I am being honest, very honest.
This blog will allow me to release the stuff and all the frustration that goes along with it. To say that stuff can be "overwhelming" is putting it mildly. My sister and I hate that word, but it is probably the most truest regarding life and the journey. It's INTENSE! Spending on stuff is more stressful and overwhelming at times as well. The bigger question is WHY are we all buying all this STUFF?
I hope that you all will join and support me in this endeavour, as it will be a blessing and also possibly very hard for me to do. I may ask for your thoughts and prayers, as I follow this path! I have prayed for a lot of help from above! I am a strong individual, and even the strongest need a hand now and again.
I will welcome any and all comments and thoughts on how this can be accomplished in a short time, back on track, and more than welcome any of your stories on how this perhaps worked, or didn't work, for you and your family. I am hoping to continue this no spending zone pattern longer than one year, but it is a start and what I call a Baby Step in the right direction.
I started the process today and yesterday with a large notebook on what to tackle first. Room by room, I made notes on what needs to stay, what fits in my smaller home, and what needs to go and how to send it! Edit Edit Edit! Baby Step one!
Yard sales, next week for three days, the consignment store is a option on heavier furniture, and I also have a dearly loved booth now, which was a wish for a long time, to sell some of the treasures I have collected and can now let go to someone else to love. Edit Edit Edit! Baby Step Two!
I have also started an Etsy store, linenladyk, and will be posting my vintage linens, aprons, fabrics, patterns and general sewing stuff for all the creative souls out there that can still see to sew! I will have cross-stitch fabrics, patterns and threads. If I can figure out how to list my Etsy store and pictures on the sidebar I will do that to! LOL Edit Edit Edit! Baby Step Three!
Let the games begin! Wish me luck! I will and must be strong! Sincerely, Love Kat =^.^=
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