DeClutter - It's Easier Said Than Done!
“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.” - Hebrews 12:1
This is a real-life photo of my dining table as I prepare a talk on DeClutter! Help! I’m drowning in good stuff. Great books, articles, files of previous presentations that have my own good thoughts, notes on Scriptures, ideas written in my journal and on endless pieces of paper.Now it’s Crunch Time! Somehow, I have to declutter my surroundings, declutter my mind, and make order out of all that's in front of me.
A Decluttering Challenge
Popular author and speaker, Kathi Lipp, is challenging the readers of her blog to toss 2,000 items in 2015! If I wasn’t so busy with my clutter, I’d join her in a flash. (Only kidding! Actually, I’m the “toss things out” person in my two-member household.)My friend and assistant, Karen, has joined Kathi Lipp’s challenge. Even odds and ends from an overstuffed kitchen drawer get checked off in a little square. She is now up to over 200 items. I think when she tops 2,000 I’ll give her something—maybe five little things to show support.Me? I’m going to declutter, honestly, once I get my new talks ready for a retreat in early February. After all, how can I challenge others to Simplify, DeStress, DeClutter, and DeLight in Jesus if I’m buried beneath an avalanche of books, papers, pots, pans, kitchen utensils, shoes I haven’t worn in years, and clothes I forgot I had?How about you? Is your “STUFF” overwhelming your space—both physical and mental? Is it robbing you of time to sit and enjoy the presence of God? I love the extra time for this on vacation, but what could you do to DECLUTTER your life, your schedule, or your mind this week?
Hope you’ll join me in asking the Lord: What needs to GO, so I have more time to GROW closer to You?
Let’s start a conversation on Facebook or email me with what clutters up your life!
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