My friend Chrissy over at Chrissy’s Fab 50’s has been blogging about going through her closets and drawers and other places of secret stashes and cleaning out, rearranging, and thinning out her house — and life.
I love it.
Over the last few months I have been cleaning up and straightening out too. I am so proud of my (finally) thinned out and organized closet, and am eyeing the buffet in the dining room as we speak.
I have also been cleaning up, straightening up, and re-evaluating my Sunday Evening Art Gallery blog. I’ve been checking links and spacing and image sizes, trying to make it more esthetically pleasing.
That may not sound like a big deal to most. That is because most take care and time the first time around.
I just feel like I didn’t take enough time with my work. With my presentation. Like I ran helter skelter around the woods looking for violets when if I would have just followed the path I would have found them.
It’s not that I didn’t pay attention — I did. I loved the art, I loved the showcase. But these days I can’t help but wonder — where was I going when I was in such a hurry to post in the first place? What was so important that I couldn’t have used a little more time to make a precise, pleasant presentation?
This is the funny thing.
The older I get, the more precise I’m becoming. The more organized I’m becoming. The more thorough I’m becoming.
Maybe that’s because the older I get, the more I’m forgetting. The more I’m knocking things off the shelf and knocking things over. The more I lose things, break things, forget things.
Cleaning up my blog or my closet or my pantry are ways to take back what control I still have over my body and my mind.
The positive thing out of all of this is that you’re never too old — or young — to pay attention to anything you do the first time. Or the second time. There’s always time for cleaning up your act.
Don’t be in such a hurry. Take pride in everything you do. Everything. It sounds so simple, but in reality it’s quite hard. We all have places to go, projects to finish, schedules to keep.
But our personal space, our personal Art, is just as important as keeping precise spreadsheets at work. You don’t need to be perfect — you just need to pay attention. Take your time. Do it right. Clean it out. Straighten it up.
You’ll love your outer space — and your inner self — when you’re finished.
Humoring the Goddess 
❤I will! You too!❤
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It’s scary at the moment over here but still a lot of people don’t care what happens to other people and they think they are immune cos they are young and healthy. But yes, sooner or later it will go away. Take care and keep safe !
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Same here. I am blessed to see my kids and grandkids, but they are considered “immediate circle.” I am frightened of this virus, butI know we will all get through it.
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I think we all miss a lot of things. There is so much we can’t do.Corona is very bad at the moment over here, we are very close to a total lockdown. Personally I am fed up but I can handle it, it is all the other people I feel sorry for. And no one knows how long this is going to last.
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Yes, it does. But I also miss meandering through art fairs and shopping malls and concerts. It will all come back eventually — who ever thought they’d say they remembered when all they could do was clean their house? Ha!
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What with he corona many people are home so they have a lot of time on their hands. And it feels good when it is done.
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Thank you so much for reposting!
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Congratulations! Your blog has been included INTERESTING BLOGS in FRIDAY FOSSICKING at
https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2020/07/friday-fossicking.html
Thank you, Chris
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I would hang around with you 24/7 if I could! Ha! Thank you.
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Hey Claudia, I agree with what you are saying. But I think you are being a little too hard on yourself. Your blog looks just great to me.
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I think that’s what ALL of us are doing! You hang around your house every day, looking at everything over and over and over again, and finally you can’t stand it any more. And you wonder how you’ve put up with so much clutter for so long…. glad to hear you’ve jumped on the bandwagon!
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😊
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I also started a big clean up, now that I have more time cos of the corona virus, it’s long overdue.
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