These days I’m really all about finding ways to eliminating the clutter from my life. I’ve always been a list maker…and right now I’m in the process of making my 101 things to do in 1001 days list. Seems like it might be an easy task to just sit down, write 101 things you want to accomplish in a little over 2.75 years…but it’s not that easy.
There are so many areas of my life I want to improve. I want to learn things. I want to do things. I want to give love, to receive love. I want to explore parts of myself I may not even know exist. I want to challenge myself to do things that I may never otherwise have the opportunity (or courage) to do. I want to create a life for myself that when I look back I can say I am proud to have lived. There are deeply personal things that I need to accomplish, there are skill sets I desperately want to learn and, most of all, I want to eliminate the unnecessary from my life, but not only that, but to add the necessary into my life.
So, over the last week or so I’ve begun my list of 101 things I want to accomplish in those 1001 days. It’s a far more difficult task than I could have ever anticipated. There are simple things I could add like “set aside time to blog every day” or “pray”, but larger, more time-consuming changes do take time and lot of effort. There are things, such as reconciling familial relationships that could be on the list, or to define the meanings of certain relationships in my life that could and should be done, or to let go of past hurts, to live each day fully present in the here and now.
Here’s my confession: Each day I live, I pause at some point to reflect on the things in my life for which I am most grateful. There are frustrating moments in my life when I don’t have the answers to the things that are rolling around in my head. But I realize more and more everyday that it’s ok to focus on me, to focus on creating the life that I want to live. Learning to live one single day at a time is absolutely one of the hardest tasks I could possibly add to my list. In so many ways I’m sitting here at a crossroads with the freedom to go in any direction I choose. I’m absolutely in the driver’s seat. I’m taking (honest, pure, CLEAN) suggestions for things I can do to vastly improve my quality of life over the 1001 days and beyond as I seek to grow.
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There is nothing I find harder than to live in the 'now', but I cannot think of a more worthy goal. While it is always good to eliminate the clutter in your life, make sure you do not accidentally remove something necessary to your happiness. Things that may seem redundant today, may tomorrow be the one thing you cannot live without.
You never need to know all the answers nor to accomplish all of your tasks. Living in the moment is all we really can do. Realizing that gives us so much freedom.
It's good to clear out the clutter that hinders you, that obscures your vision. But some clutter is good. Some of it seems pointless now, but may in years to come bring us memories that makes us joyful or challenge us to grow further. Sometimes what we really need is not to eliminate, but to organize.
We never stop growing and we never reach the end of our list of things to do. We are never perfect. Live with love in your heart, to receive and to give, and you will do what you are meant to do.
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