You can't take it with you

I recently had a bit of an epiphany.  One day I am going to die and someone else, probably someone I love, is going to have to sort through all of my possessions.  The most likely outcome is that most of what I desperately hold onto now will be either thrown into the rubbish or sent to the op shop.

Around the same time I heard someone on the radio talking about losing everything they owned in a bush fire.  As they set about replenishing their rebuilt home they decided to adopt a specific philosophy.  Before buying anything she asked herself the question, "will this be useful or does this bring me joy?"

Putting those two concepts together I looked around my home and wondered how many of the things I cling onto so tightly would end up not only discarded at some stage but also no longer were of use or brought me joy.

With the thought that reducing physical clutter may help reduce the feeling of mental clutter everything came together.  I made the decision to begin a full scale cull.

So far I've sent over one thousand paperback books, twenty coffee mugs and fifteen vases to the op shop.  A good start but I think I've got a long way to go.

Re-entering the blogosphere

Almost two years ago I began a blog and wrote the grand total of three sentences.  Having been titled the "Queen of Overshare" by a couple of loving family members you would think that I would have been churning out blog posts by the hundreds. 

As this post title suggests, the time has come to begin again.  I'm the kind of person who acts as if something hasn't really happened to me until I have told someone all about it; a bit of an unfortunate situation when I am fairly limited with the number of people available to share stories with.

I suppose this even links back to my original post in 2011.  Due to my lack of friends, can I give my poor family's sanity (and hearing) a break occasionally and talk to my blog instead of talking at them? 

Blog as friend substitute

Can a blog be a friend substitute?  When loneliness strikes can one waffle on in a blog instead of talking to someone?  In a way, making these first few keystrokes is the beginning of answering those questions.