And soon you’ll be walking cross the floor
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you’ll be walking out the door
You never will get where you’re going
If you never get up on your feet
Come on, there’s a good tail wind blowing
A fast walking man is hard to beat
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you’ll be walking cross the floor
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you’ll be walking out the door
If you want to change your direction
If your time of life is at hand
Well don’t be the rule be the exception
A good way to start is to stand
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OK… OK…. it’s not the holidays anymore but this song from the old animated “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” has been running though my head these last few days..
No, I am not trying to change from bad to good, but things are steadily moving and it is because I keep on forcing myself to just take that next step, to put one foot in front of the other. Doing so is actually make things change and each step brings us one step closer to where we want to be…
This weekend we got the house all clean and ready for a home visit… actually two home visits! One of them was a call out of the blue that we got on Saturday but the other was the girl that had contacted me with interest in the house. She came over on Sunday afternoon with her daughter, and spent an hour here looking around, taking pictures and asking questions. She loves the house and they are going to the bank tomorrow and if everything is OK, then they will be making an offer.
I have been taking more pictures of things to try to sell these days and have been putting them up and putting the money we are getting in out “moving jar”. I am finding it hard at times because it feels like I am attached to stuff that I don’t even use… like some of the kids toys… but I also know that we won’t miss it and that I don’t want to move it… it is SO hard!!
I would love any tips of how people deal with getting rid of things… how to let go… I don’t understand why it is so hard for me…
On big thing that I am worrying about at the moment is financial stuff. We have a comfortable life right now. We don’t have much extra but we are not struggling and it is good. But where I want to go is somewhere where not only we will have a lot less money, even when we find a job, but rent will be more than what we are paying from our mortgage now…
I feel panicky when I think about it… how will we get by? how will this work?
I feel like the chips will fall into place but what if they don’t… what will we do?
The fear of failure or hardship is what has been stopping me from making these steps before and that fear is still immobilizing now…
But then I think of this quote…
?”Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.”
~~Will Rogers~~
One thing that really helps me let go of stuff is actually something I heard on TV (one of those decluttering shows): the memory is not the object; the memory is in your head. Otherwise, I like to take pictures of items I am attached to but that I know the kids will never use again, like their second pair of teeny tiny shoes. Also, I find that watching Hoarders helps. LOL BTW got moolah for ya from the sale of the Deuter. Yay!
I have found that letting go is easier if I think about the joy that someone else will experience when they find my treasure and take it home with them.
I recall how pleased I have been to find something lovely, useful or much wanted in a thrift shop and how that gave a little lift to my day. Imagining that lift in someone else’s day makes me smile and makes it so much easier to put once-loved things into a bag and take them out to the car.
Improvement start with the letter “I” which refer to your self, with in your self is the key of attaining all the success and in order to reach all of this, you need to step forward in any situation that will bring you to all the greatness of life…