The number one tenet of Feng Shui is to eliminate clutter by surrounding yourself with things you treasure.
For most of us clearing clutter is an ongoing chore.
I often feel that I am in a constant cycle of accumulate and purge.
I read Marie Kondo's book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up in hopes to end my cycle of accumulate and purge. I too wanted to banish clutter forever.
Per Kondo's instructions I started with my clothes. Every piece of clothing I owned got piled on my bed.
I held each item of clothing and asked myself if I loved it. I had so many clothes I didn't love. They all went to charity.
Then I went to my books and asked myself the same question. I happily sent books to my loved ones and donated the others.
I was really on a whirl as I followed her advice on getting rid of paper and household stuff.
It helped that I don't really keep excess.
Then came the category of sentimental value.
I halted. I poured myself a glass of wine.
Most of what I own is of sentimental value. I can look around any room of my home and see and touch things I love. Most of it has sentimental value.
However, there are boxes and boxes filed with pictures. There are shelves and shelves lined with photo albums. Each year I make a picture collage that hangs in the dining room. My laundry room is lined with family pictures. Each week I change the fridge pictures.
My tidying up stopped there. I went on a journey to figure out why I saved so many pictures.
My research taught me that one saves pictures as a way to remember that they survived.
I did! AMEN.
My heart taught me that it is okay. It is okay to hoard pictures.
There is nothing wrong with me. I simply love pictures.
I love sending them to my kids away at college. I love posting them on my fridge. I love making collages. I love that all of these pictures will become presents to my loved ones.
All clutter is not bad!
Maybe some clutter is good!
Blessings,
Virginia
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