tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post4001175246291126467..comments2023-11-18T11:24:52.834-08:00Comments on Tales from the Den of Chaos: This post was rushedMother of Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-24167550538399648262008-05-24T22:53:00.000-07:002008-05-24T22:53:00.000-07:00Have you checked out www.FlyLady.com? Their (free...Have you checked out www.FlyLady.com? Their (free) program of tackling the house in baby steps has helped me ALOT with just this sort of issue, esp. the "perceptions" and overload. NAYYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-90944292911913568402008-05-24T15:56:00.000-07:002008-05-24T15:56:00.000-07:00We are definitaly related! Didn't I just send you ...We are definitaly related! Didn't I just send you an email recently about needing to go to graduate school full time so I can get done FASTER, although I would lose any semblance of sanity I pretend to have? How about I go part time and actually enjoy my classes while still having the time to smell my clean laundry? Why are we set on "frantic?"Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911608453762091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-58408090347570585932008-05-21T13:39:00.000-07:002008-05-21T13:39:00.000-07:00It takes most of us quite a while to get to this p...It takes most of us quite a while to get to this point, and then quite a while longer to figure out what to do about it. <BR/><BR/>I don't have an answer, wish I did, but periodically I hire a cleaning team to come in and do the dusting and vacuuming (the REAL dusting and vacuuming, moving the furniture, heck, vacuuming the furniture). Then I can get into the sorting, sifting and throwing away,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-44658741007826552572008-05-19T17:37:00.000-07:002008-05-19T17:37:00.000-07:00I absolutely love that book. Now I am going to re...I absolutely love that book. Now I am going to read it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-89956105663716009672008-05-18T19:29:00.000-07:002008-05-18T19:29:00.000-07:00Last time I moved, I ditched a LOT of stuff. Stuf...Last time I moved, I ditched a LOT of stuff. Stuff that I had dragged from house to house to house for years. And you know what? It felt good. REALLY good. <BR/><BR/>T read a lot of stuff at the time about the 'cost' of having that stuff around. The mental, emotional cost. Sounds ridiculous and new-agey, I know. but you wouldn't believe how free and light I felt! I now make a conscious Kaviarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409825601485451978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-13364118875280934692008-05-17T18:02:00.000-07:002008-05-17T18:02:00.000-07:00Your post was so in sync with my thoughts today I ...Your post was so in sync with my thoughts today I felt I needed to let you know. The difficult part is allowing this new thinking to become the new routine in our lives. In September of last year my sister's husband became a quadriplegic after a bad mountain bike accident up in Downeyville,CA. Watching him struggle these past several months with the frustration of having to wait for others to Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443623949687436889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-47676714409233408242008-05-17T12:21:00.000-07:002008-05-17T12:21:00.000-07:00Well said.To add to the discussion, I've realized ...Well said.<BR/><BR/>To add to the discussion, I've realized that one way of expressing gratefulness for all my abundant blessings is by being a good steward of them--showing appreciation by caring for them.<BR/><BR/>Thus, I find it appalling when I look around at the chaotic mess that desperately needs to be sorted and stored/donated/tossed because it is a constant reminder that I am so NOT beingJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1109620154469920022008-05-17T07:20:00.000-07:002008-05-17T07:20:00.000-07:00I went through this too, until I discovered the ph...I went through this too, until I discovered the phrase (and idea behind it) of "living with intention." Don't even remember where I heard/read it. The idea is to immerse yourself in whatever it is you're doing, be really conscious of it and concentrate on doing it well.<BR/><BR/>Living with intention is reinforced by my daily T'ai Chi Chih practice, which involves focusing on the forms and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-36580821604785293112008-05-17T06:30:00.000-07:002008-05-17T06:30:00.000-07:00I think you've hit the nail on the head. I, too, ...I think you've hit the nail on the head. I, too, am a "rusher". Yet somehow I find that on the days I don't rush, but instead just move calmly from one task to the next, much more is accomplished. I'd be lying if I said those days weren't few and far between! I have also learned that I'm much calmer when everything has a place and (at least most of the time) stays in it. Good luck to all of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-56825219424157659182008-05-17T05:20:00.000-07:002008-05-17T05:20:00.000-07:00We're also on the same sinking boat. Last night i...We're also on the same sinking boat. Last night it took me a half hour to wade through just the kitchen table. I do make a habit of sorting mail as I get it. Hubby usually brings it in,but I take care of it (it's better this way). But what I really need to do is strong-arm the boy into picking up his own mess. He can do it under duress, but I am lazy about creating the duress...Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509664226326597740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-16436625993850657862008-05-17T04:32:00.000-07:002008-05-17T04:32:00.000-07:00Interesting thoughts.I was reminded of this http:...Interesting thoughts.<BR/>I was reminded of this http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19672026<BR/>when I read todays post.<BR/>I considered both, as well as the five years that have passed between now & then....<BR/><BR/>peace & clutter<BR/>ttinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653347001731637007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-50083924449968136052008-05-16T21:18:00.000-07:002008-05-16T21:18:00.000-07:00You might like a book called "Shelter for the Spir...You might like a book called "Shelter for the Spirit" by Victoria Moran. It's about creating a haven in your home. Not by having the perfect house, but by appreciating what you have, mess and all. I re-read it about once a year just to get back in the right frame of mind when my house and belongings start to get on my nerves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-35632579510402695992008-05-16T19:07:00.000-07:002008-05-16T19:07:00.000-07:00Simply...thank you!Simply...thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-63900415813818167582008-05-16T19:02:00.000-07:002008-05-16T19:02:00.000-07:00Sue Bender's book is wonderful. And I could total...Sue Bender's book is wonderful. And I could totally relate to your post. I find myself doing nothing sometimes because I think that I will feel guilty if I do one thing and not the other, so nothing gets done. How sick is THAT?JoHannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178075959046344344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-744183559468104252008-05-16T18:56:00.000-07:002008-05-16T18:56:00.000-07:00Ideally, I would love to have one of everything, r...Ideally, I would love to have one of everything, rather than so many that I can't organize what I have. The problem just multiplies with every kid (and husband) in the house. I think your mindfulness with each action, not just trying to do the "important" things, is a great idea - it all really is important since your mental health is being affected by the clutter you are having to move around. patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509524513784031504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-24239202506554304532008-05-16T18:09:00.000-07:002008-05-16T18:09:00.000-07:00I'm in the same boat. I HATE clutter, yet I find t...I'm in the same boat. I HATE clutter, yet I find that I have a ton of it! I'm prepping to homeschool this fall, so my goal over the summer is to pare down the clutter so that our home routine is manageable. Right now all I do is pick up, pick up, pick up, and move stuff, like you said, from one horizontal surface to another. I need to get a couple of little organizational odds and ends, but Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068608303307043830noreply@blogger.com