revolving

Hello. I'm still here...so much for the big blog come-back. The truth is, I have nothing exciting to share. My days have revolved around selling and passing on our worldly possessions. I kid you not, it's like I'm running a shop from home!! Ben (who is suffering the WORST sore throat and swollen glands in the cosmos) has been enshrouded in darkness within a tiny 'lights and sound' box at our local theatre all week. He'll need a holiday to get over the school holidays, poor guy! Harry spent several nights this week at various mates houses, so we forgot he lived here for a while (just kidding Harry). Till has been meticulously planning her upcoming 11th birthday (it's tomorrow). She usually has her birthday plans well under-way around August each year, so this year is no different. The days events are programmed to the hour, starting at 6am apparently, with a present treasure hunt!!!!!!!!!!! Which means I have clues to google write!

Oh I almost forgot to tell you, I actually took a moment to visit the beach this week. It was the first contact I've had with gorgeous Emily Bay in over 5 months. Unconceivable right, seeing as I live on an island and all that?! Till and I had a picnic there. I packed chicken soup. In the world according to Till, people don't take chicken soup to a picnic! Bad luck for them I say.

lighter with less

I've always been a little bit obsessed with storage containers. It's kind of taken me nearly half a lifetime to work out that if you don't have stuff, voila, you don't need storage containers! And in any case, storage containers are mostly made of plastic and I don't even like plastic. A revelation, yes?

But see those vacant storage boxes? Oh joy oh joy, they are EMPTY! Their contents have moved on and that makes my heart sing! 

We aren't storing very much next year, so it's sell, sell, sell. Boxes and boxes of stuff have gone to the op shop also. Some days I feel overwhelmed by the process and look around and think "We have SO MUCH STUFF". Other days I look around with triumph and say "WOW, this place is looking EMPTY"!

It's a pretty satisfying operation, but we are veterans to this process really. When we moved to Norfolk, we sold at least two thirds of our belongings to come here. Back in April this year, when we moved house, I sold a tonne of stuff then too. 

The older I get, the less I need. Onwards and upwards, without the burden of stuff!

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
Socrates