I love the weekends. They give me a chance try and catch up on all the things that happened over the week. It’s amazing how great it feels to have the freedom to sleep in and take care of the things I want or need to take care of, without be subjected to the demands of work life. This morning, I find myself refreshed from my past week and started thinking about my future by starting with the Kondo Method.
For those of you who may not know, the Kondo Method is a way to declutter and organize your home. However, most people have found that by applying this method into their lives, they lower their stress because the method teaches you a way to think. By training yourself to think a certain way, you apply those thoughts into other aspects of your life such as your shopping habits, and even relationships.
My beloved aunt introduced me to this method. To be honest, I have been a bit slow on going through it because the past is all I thought I had and letting that go was terrifying for me. It’s easy to slip back into the past thoughts and habits because you have experienced that already. It is normal to you and familiar, which makes that feel safe. That’s why so many of us hold on to old homes and people that are now changed, denying us the ability to see the beauty of where we are now and who is currently in our lives. How silly of me because believing the past is all I had could not be farther from the truth.
Over the last few weeks I have been reading little inserts and passages of advice. I began a few weeks ago by applying some of the basics and found myself running an entire car load, front and back seat and trunk, to a donations facility. Today however, I find myself thinking about it and picked it up again, only to pull more stuff aside for charity. In the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo states, “People cannot change their habits without first changing their way of thinking.”
This would explain why so many of us, including me fall into old habits. Changing your thinking is changing a part of you, which is difficult and scary but sometimes necessary. I think I should start changing my way of thinking by beginning with putting myself first for a change. I spent so long putting someone else first, that I forgot too many important aspects of myself. My love for writing for one, along with my love for travel, adventures, and music. I was willing to close part of my heart because my thoughts were focused around another.
What is amazing to me however, is I have the present time now to create who I am going to be. So, I have a choice: who will that be? Right now I am excited I am using this present time to focus on myself and try to reach out into new things. And by taking Marie Kondo’s advice of changing my way of thinking, before trying to change old habits, I can really open a whole new set of doors and see what is past that horizon. Life can be really exciting sometimes, and now is definitely one of those times!
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