Yesterday I spent a big part of my day cleaning my bedroom. It seemed
like almost every pair of shoes I own was on the floor. There was dirty
laundry to be washed and clean laundry that needed to put away. My
closet was a wreck with my summer clothes taking up the prominent spots
needed for my fall wardrobe. After several hours, I stepped back and
looked at my room and had such a feeling of relief. Every time I walked
into my room, I felt discouraged by all the mess but at the end of the
day Saturday, I could breathe again. I felt organized and had such a
feeling of accomplishment. Days like Friday are needed to recharge but
getting off the couch and moving felt so good, physically and mentally.
It was a day filled with such simple tasks but the act of taking charge
and getting things done felt so good. It did just as much for my outlook
as my new hair color and left me wishing there were more hours in the
day to get more rooms into shape.
Lisa-Jo Baker (lisajobaker.com) hosts a weekly event on her blog called "Five Minute Friday". The rules are 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.. So here's my first try at this. Today's topic was Roots. Roots – I think about my grandparents who lived on a farm until my grandfather’s diabetes worsened and they moved to a town with a hospital nearby. My father still says he wished he could have kept that farm. I think of my grandmother who was a widow for 20 years. Every year she would stand over my PaPa’s grave, wishing she was with him. I think of my parents, a product of those grandparents, how hard my father worked to put 2 girls through...
Tomorrow will be my day to do this, I have been procrastinating for weeks and it is time. The weather is cooling and I need summer things put away. The walls of my bedroom are closing in with clothing dirty and clean and magazine and paper clutter...it is time.
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