The signs were everywhere before I began my 90-Day Summer Simplifying Challenge. “Let go,” were the whispers of my soul. Read my 90-Day Summer Simplifying Manifesto!! 
A Recovering Magpie’s Signs
The whispers became a veritable chorus as the years went on. I could no longer ignore them. I was drowning in the good thingsI loved and cared about. At some point I had to ask myself, “How much is too much?” I didn’t like the answer.
The signs that led to this 90-Day Summer Simplifying Challenge journey were plenty and apparent to everyone but me. I continued to build my nest to overflowing time 20.
{Coming clean} I never knew when enough was enough!
My Summer Simplifying Challenge
This is not about beating myself up over the amassing of stuff. It is about clearing away the cobwebs of my mind so I could actually see where I was going. All I knew was that I was tired, I had to start somewhere and I had to be fair to myself.
The Summer Simplifying Challenge is what developed from that moment of reckoning. I had had enough. The signs were everywhere…in every piece I had so lovingly collected. It was time…to let go. Was I being prudent? Was I being responsible? Was I being wise? Was I trying to fill a space that was impossible to fill? I had to answer these and other tough questions to get my head in the game. I was going down a dark path of self-destruction one piece at a time.
The mountain had to be climbed and the Summer Simplifying Challenge was born. I set very small goals that I could achieve. I knew where I wanted to go, yet I kept my focus on today and the small goal of that day. It is amazing how much you can achieve by taking one small step each day. Am I totally there, not yet. Will I get there, absolutely. I keep churning away at the boxes in the garage. They are almost gone as I enter the final days of this challenge. Next I will turn my focus inward as I clear away the excess that remains inside the house. As I do this, I will begin to reveal the images of less and simplicity. Will I ever be minimal? Probably not. But I will never have the tonnage I had before.
Today’s Accomplishments
- One box, sorted and things placed into the ‘outta here’ boxes!
- The house is clean and orderly.
Today’s Setbacks
- None.
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