My Cluttered Life

If there was one word to describe my life, it would be cluttered!  Everything in my life is cluttered...my home, my van, my office, even my mind!  I've been told that I learned to be a "clutterer" by my mother, as she was a born pack-rat.  But there is so much more to my clutter than just "stuff"...it's a lifestyle.  A lifestyle that I am determining to change.

But how do you begin to change a near 40-year lifestyle?  I believe that it has to start in the mind.  I have begun to make more lists...shopping lists, to-do lists, goal lists, cleaning schedules, and more.  If it's in my mind, I'm gonna write it down. For two reasons: first, so I don't forget and second, so it's not cluttering my mind anymore.

I can already see an improvement, slight but still, improvement!  And that's what it's going to take...baby steps. But I am thankful that I am making steps, no matter how small they are!