Chores and Self Satisfaction

I didn’t spend a whole lot of time at my computer yesterday instead I spent a whole lot of time in my closet.

My arm hurts from patting myself on the back. You see, I got up all my nerve and energy and attacked my closet and all my dresser drawers. I was on a mission. I went through all my clothes and discarded the ones that either didn’t fit or that I haven’t worn in a way long time. I found stuff I had forgotten I had. I found stuff that I wondered why I had. I found a lot of soon to be ex-closet and ex-drawer occupants.

I now have three very large black plastic bags full of clean and neatly folded clothes that will go to the thrift shop on Saturday. There are some purses, socks, scarves and other miscellaneous items as well.

As of yesterday afternoon, my dressers drawers are neat and easy to close since they aren’t jammed with clothes. My half of the closet is all neat, arranged and not crowded to death. It all looks great and it’s functional again.

This was one of those chores that after it’s completed, you just keep going back, looking at your accomplishments and smiling with self satisfaction. It’s not like I changed the world or anything, but I sure did bring some order to my own little world. That’s good to do ever now and then. It reminds you that you do have some control over some things in life.