It is with frustration and a little bit of feeling disheartened that i am writing this blog post and not sorting out my junkyard of a kitchen. I have always wanted more than what i have and always wanted a new house with everything untouched and unused however i have recently come to the conclusion that in fact i don't actually need that and maybe i don't even want that at least not at this stage of life. What i need is to make the best of what i have and create a living space that i love with what is already here. This is why i have been making such and effort and throwing myself into my 'Unstuffing' journey. I have been loving the results that i have been achieveing and have been feeling very proud of my efforts. This was untill i got half way through sorting my kitchen only to find one of our little cupboards and the bottom shelf of our pantry taken over by dampness and mould. By the time that that is sorted out it might be christmas 5 years from now. I had planned out what was going in each cupboard and they all had a specific use however now i have lost one i'll have to rethink it all and possibly just put all of the items that were to live in there into storage. I just gave up. There is still so much to do in there and as soon as i found that little suprise i lost my unstuff mojo. I pushed myself to sort the little boys rooms and i will push myself to hopefully finally finish our room as there isn't alot to do in there just get rid of the 'junk' lying around. I am also really hoping to re-enter the my kitchen headspace as i have been daydreaming and working so hard towards my fully functioning kitchen that to give up now isn't an option. So the next thing i'm going to do is sort some laundry out and then get myself back in that kitchen. The more i overthink it the worse it will be. I am sure we will think of a solution, if not then i guess i live with mouldy smelly empty useless cupboards indefinitley and attempt to pretend that they don't exist.
Ok... that's it for now. Send me positive thoughts if you have any to spare x
it is good that you are making the home you are in now something you will love so don't give up. Mike and I want to build our own home one day too but that is a long way of for us and well it is best to love what you have right now because it is pretty dam awesome for this stage of life. Keep going chickie your home is going to look and feel amazing and will bring more peace into your daily life. What you are trying to achieve and are achieving is bloody hard on your own too by the way so chin up you are doing great. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you lovely. I managed to get a bit done still pissed about the cupboard but i'm working around it :) I am feeling more at peace as the journey progreses although i still have the junk room on my mind constantly but i know i will get it sorted!
ReplyDeleteyou will and in your own time :) Your junk room has honestly inspired me to have a "junk" shed... we have the three sheds outside full of crap and Mike started cleaning one out so I want to organise it so that the little garden shed is empty and everything in the house that has no home or is not real necessary on a daily basis can go out there into containers and I can grab things as I need them. So there you go this journey of yours is very inspiring! Mind you it could be a long time before I get my empty shed ;)And if your junk room is annoying you just close the door works every time for me!
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