Brain Dumping

Because I haven't written here in quite sometime and because I don't really advertise this "blog," I thought that this might be a good place to just test things out and possibly type through my thoughts when I don't feel like writing them down on paper. Of course, this won't get too personal since it is still going on the World Wide Web, however, I know almost no one will ever check this out, so I feel comfortable using this as a testing ground.

Today was Memorial Day. I appreciated my freedom that has been made possible by our armed forces (thank you, armed forces!) by beginning "Spring Cleaning" at the house. I'm trying to make use of Micheal while he is still here and doesn't have a million things going on. He went out and cut grass. I stayed inside and cleaned all day. I tackled my bedroom first and got it cleaned up and organized. Then I took care of the hallway and the spare bedroom. I made a pretty big difference with the spare room. It was starting to get quite cluttered. I like that room because it is pretty empty. There's something about empty rooms that I like. I think it's the acoustics. With that room, I started to make a little area to start collecting costumes for videos that I hope to be putting together for my Sunday School class. Then I took care of the living room.

What I really liked about today was that I made a detailed "To-do" list and was able to check things off and see progress. I feel like I've been missing that in my life lately. So much of what I do with work and even in church is hard to visibly measure like cleaning the house. I got the majority of my list checked off today. I didn't get to my office like I wanted (I'm still sitting among a good amount of clutter), but I plan on finishing the office tomorrow. I'm also going to make Micheal help with the kitchen. He didn't get to that like I wanted him to, but he's been trying to ignore his way out of it, so it won't happen till I press him to clean it.

I know there's a great spiritual lesson/analogy in here, but my legs are hurting from sitting in this chair, so I'm not going to flesh it out right now. I will say that right now, I've been dwelling on discipline--the idea of it and trying to obtain it. I think the other reason why I've actually enjoyed this day of cleaning; I feel like I've been able to have a task and complete it. I feel like I've been lacking self-control lately and it is starting to bother me. This lack isn't showing in me doing bad things like becoming a drunk or getting into stuff along those lines, but it seems to be showing in laziness, which probably is worse than becoming a drunk. Laziness is just more socially acceptable, so it doesn't get frowned upon or recognized as much as it should.

I could also go on about how I'm trying to simplify by getting rid of the clutter in my house (thus leading to the elimination of clutter in my life). I didn't have time today to really sit down and go through some things like I need to, but that is also on the list for later. There are some things that are just taking up space and need to go. I have lots of clothes in particular that I do not wear, clothes that are now to "young" for me. I say that because I still have things that I had when I was 12. That's what happens when you quit growing at 12; you still have a tendency to hang onto things just because they fit.

Anyway, I hope that this cleaning, decluttering and accomplishing in the house translates to other areas of my life. I really needed today. I'm thankful for today and pray that it springboards into more goodness tomorrow and the following days. I don't know how things are going to come together, but I know that they somehow will.