Progress: Maiming the Beast

I'm sitting here at a desk that's been moved to an opposite wall to accommodate a once garage-dwelling dresser. I've pulled up carpet with my bare hands, removed carpet staples with pliers, vacuumed plywood (what's under the carpet and carpet padding), and laid one area rug until we get new carpeting in here. 

I've put things in a donate pile, placed things in the sale pile. While I still need to purge more, I can actually walk around in here. Asking myself what I actually use has perhaps been the best, honest question that has help me let go of things. It had been harder because I looked at so much as a representation of what I had spent on it. But looking at it and letting go of the "money" aspect has really been freeing. When I thought it would bother me, I'm finding that it's not a big deal. Does this remind me to be careful about my pennies? Certainly, but the old stuff can go.

Now I'm dealing with the reality of returning to work and being in a place that really stretches what I am naturally good at. But that's another post for another day. Happy New Year, still. Erin