why????

So I bought this little cabinet.

Sure - I had great ideas for using it in the studio for storage.

Standing in the thrift store.

It was full of promise and potential.

So you know what I did with it, don't you?

Why hell yes, I brought it home and chunked it in the pile of other stuff I had bought with good intentions. 

(Now I am cleaning and purging my life of things that hold me back) 

Making peace with what I have, what I use, and what I really want around me. 

It has been a grueling battle. 

I have moved out, tossed, sold, kept, packed up, finished etc. for months.

Emotionally charged --- you have NO IDEA. 

Whew - looking at the 30 magazines I tossed this weekend - I had such a terrible time with feeling like I had wasted money on them. (damned near 100.00 in that pile) But they had been sitting in the floor for months in the way.

Because I really need more organizing tools.

NOW HEAR THIS

YOU DO NOT NEED BETTER ORGANIZATION

YOU NEED LESS STUFF!!!!!!

YES - LESS STUFF. 

(I've been emptying my head of this for months)

See here

and here

I've been emptying my life of THINGS for months too. 

So in the cleaning of a corner, I rediscover the little cabinet.

Now who the hell needs a Santa cabinet? 

Back to the potential.

Remember, I have had this cabinet for a LONG LONG LONG time. 

In that pile that never filled the emptiness.

But I opened it - cute little shelves

And it still had all that potential.

So I did what a non-procrastinator would do.

I decided to capitalize on that potential.

I grabbed the stack of FAVORITE papers from the stash.

You know - the ones you are saving for the PERFECT project.

(I'm dealing with that emotional baggage too.)

And I picked one for the PERFECT PROJECT FOR THE PERFECT PERSON

ME!!!

One sheet of scrapbook paper.

One can of spray adhesive.

My paper cutter

Ruler

Cabinet

Less than 15 minutes (including a decision on which paper) 

And I had a PERFECT PROJECT

with a FAVORITE PAPER

ALL COMPLETE. 

15 MINUTES

15

Can someone please explain why the hell I didn't just do this when I bought the damned thing? 

It took 15 minutes and it feels wonderful to finish it. 

And now SOMEWHERE in the damned stash there are come containers that fit these shelves perfectly and I'll be stacking pretty little clear containers of sequins, confetti, and beads soon. 

CHOICES

CHANGES

HERE WE ARE.