Does decluttering your calendar count, or is it just a cop-out digital declutter?
Here’s why it actually matters to minimize your electronic (or on paper) obligations, not just your physical belongings.
If you’re running hither and yon, living life on the hamster wheel, it’s definitely going to help not having mounds of toys to pick up or overstuffed closets leading to overflowing laundry baskets. For sure.
But if you have zero time between the park and library outing to switch even one load of laundry, and can’t even take 10 minutes to prep the Instapot for supper, then you’ve got bigger problems than too many clothes.
You need a declutter session for your life, not just your things.
If you’re convinced, but unsure of how to start the non-tangible decluttering process, here’s what you’re going to do.
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You need a declutter session for your life, not just your things.
Imagine starting your day in a cleared-out kitchen. It’s easy to grab your favorite mug from the cabinet for your morning cup of coffee. The counters are bare except for a favorite photo or maybe a bunch of flowers that make you smile.
You’re not rushing to get the kids up, stuff cereal down everyone’s throats (and a granola bar down yours since you don’t have time). Instead, you can savor that coffee, look out the window, and go over in your mind what needs to happen this day.
You’ve got the mental space to anticipate problems with your kids’ attitudes, or build in an extra 15 minutes at the park if the weather’s nice, or come up with an alternate supper meal if you accidentally forgot to thaw that hunk of hamburger.
And none of that would have happened if you’d been gulping down coffee, yelling at your kids to get up, and hoping you didn’t forget anything important on your way out the door.
Isn’t that what a minimalist life is supposed to be like? Not just a right-sized amount of things, but a right-sized experience of life? A flow that suits you (and your family) to the T?
That’s what minimalism means to me – and it takes a calendar clear-out to get it. When do you have time to start yours today?
