Week 7: Creating

I missed posting last week.  I am still finding it hard to be in the process of looking for a new job (going on 8 months now, I wrote about it here).  I keep trying to reframe it positively: I am open to finding my next great thing!  It will happen when it is meant to be!  I will be okay!

But I am exhausted with the constant application process—waiting—getting an interview here and there—waiting—tweaking my resume and changing my cover letter over and over—waiting—169 applications now and still counting.

I have set a goal of getting rid of some clutter.  The inverse of getting rid of something is what it might create.  Getting rid of clutter will create space.  What helps me purge clutter, however, is limiting the space I allow myself to store clutter in the first place.  Then the space I will create is not because I want to fill it back up again, it is so I will have something new: just space.

I need to create an artificial limit of sorts.  The problem with my clutter is that I am fairly organized, so my clutter is all neatly put away.  Therefore, if I want to reduce useless items in my home that are not being used, I need to create a limit on the space I am willing to use, so that I will be forced to purge to fit within the new limit I create.  Instead of a spending budget that limits spending, I need a “space” budget to limit what I keep.  Because everything fits in the space I have right now, I need to focus on space I can create, (and not let my husband fill back up again.  He is all about filling.  Fill the pantry, fill the freezer, etc.  I don’t want to fill, I want to un-fill).