Review: Less Wasted time
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
I frequently say things like,“Wow, how cool, I have not seen this in years!I forgot I had this, I should have put it on display when I bought it three years ago! Let me see, I can’t seem to find a place on the wall to hang it. Will you help me?” I look around and see nothing but things, even the furniture is covered with things that are going to get put somewhere special. “Uhmm, maybe you should take something down and then you would have room for it” As I move books and yarn, from the only sitting place I can get a peek at I think, “there has got to be a better way!Returning home, as I enter the door I see all the beautiful pictures from my skydiving days and the beautiful blue ocean and fish that I photographed while Scuba Diving and am relatively pleased until my eyes hit the living room. I have beautiful green plants that are always requiring watering, and constantly shedding leaves on my carpet. There are 10 pairs of shoes neatly arranged on a shelf, 6 of them covered deep in dust. I have a wonderful fluffy chair that is used constantly as a reading cubby. I sit down and start reading a new book I just happened across that will definitely help my friend clean up a little. Slowly the realization hits that I need to put my house in order before I ask my friend to do anything, so she can see how much easier it is to find things, keep things clean and be comfortable in her own home. This is a process for me, for after reading the book, I started following pointers. The first things to go were the dust covered shoes, one still had the price tag on it! I have dedicated a week to each room. I am currently at step 2 the guest bathroom in the house. This is the real turning point, because in a room as small as a bathroom, it is amazing how much dust collecting stuff I removed. There was a time when I permed my hair, almost 10 years ago, but I still had the curl restorer, in case I ever decided to perm my hair again. I lovingly kissed my stuff bye, and donated all but the trash to a women’s shelter. That included all the little shampoo and conditioner bottles from the hotels I had stayed in, the 10 extra toothbrushes, all the little tubes of toothpaste and small soaps that I collected and never used. The same type I used to see in the boxes that were given out to the people in need when I volunteered at a shelter. I rinsed and dried each one as I thought of the much higher purpose they would serve! Thank you Allen Francis for opening my eyes to the wonderful world of the uncluttered lifestyle. A few weeks from now, I will be able to clean my house in no time!