House Halfway
In the last few weeks, I've been undergoing a sort of personal revival. I've cleared out 40 of the (now) 79 messes in and around my house, so Project Empty is just over the halfway mark.
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I've been sitting here for half an hour trying to "prove" that this project is doing great things for me, by writing down everything that has changed for the better in my life since I started. I can't pinpoint a lot of spectacular outcomes other than the new and pleasing neatness of several sections of my house.
But there's something. My mind is clearer. I've been doing some spiritual reading for the first time in ages. I've shifted away from my severely mundane, deterministic view of life and the universe. I've been on an excellent money-diet, and my finances are in order. I eat better--less food, almost all of it from my own kitchen.
I don't know if I can say I like myself better, but I definitely don't spend as much time as I used to hating myself. My thoughts don't run in that direction quite so easily anymore. Everything seems a little easier, a little clearer, a little smoother, a little smaller. Everything I have--material and otherwise--seems a great deal more sufficient.
At this halfway point in the project, I realize that I'm halfway through just Phase I. I can't quite imagine yet what Phase II is going to consist of. But it's Friday evening, and I think I'm going to go turn a couple more of those red dots green before the weekend gets away from me.
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I've been sitting here for half an hour trying to "prove" that this project is doing great things for me, by writing down everything that has changed for the better in my life since I started. I can't pinpoint a lot of spectacular outcomes other than the new and pleasing neatness of several sections of my house.
But there's something. My mind is clearer. I've been doing some spiritual reading for the first time in ages. I've shifted away from my severely mundane, deterministic view of life and the universe. I've been on an excellent money-diet, and my finances are in order. I eat better--less food, almost all of it from my own kitchen.
I don't know if I can say I like myself better, but I definitely don't spend as much time as I used to hating myself. My thoughts don't run in that direction quite so easily anymore. Everything seems a little easier, a little clearer, a little smoother, a little smaller. Everything I have--material and otherwise--seems a great deal more sufficient.
At this halfway point in the project, I realize that I'm halfway through just Phase I. I can't quite imagine yet what Phase II is going to consist of. But it's Friday evening, and I think I'm going to go turn a couple more of those red dots green before the weekend gets away from me.