Change - better late than never

newlythrifty

Well done on the weight loss Mila.


I can never understand why I can sometimes lose weight and another time it just seems to stick. Hopefully it will start shifting now.


I live in a house with so much clutter, but I have to get over the feeling that by getting rid of it I am wasting money. I think I will try to sell some of my stuff, but if I can't it will have to go anyway.


Welcome to our journey. I've come to believe that it doesn't matter when we begin - it matters that we do begin.

newlythrifty

Hi Lesson learned - you are so right about wasted money.


I hope to finish the book either tonight or tomorrow - then off I go. It seems as though, as people shed their unloved possessions, that they shed a lot of stress as well and start to think clearly about what is important. I definitely need that.


Congratulations on your win. Do you have a destination in mind for the near future or is it a trip of a lifetime?

lessonlearned

I have got a couple of trips booked for next year........

A month in Cyprus mid Feb/mid March - purely to get away from the winter.

Then a cruise round the Baltic in May. I did a cruise round the Caribbean last November.

I definitely intend to travel a bit over the next few years whilst I am still fit enough. I shall be 65 next month, I don't want to leave it too long just in case. Time enough to sit knitting and watching daytime TV when I'm in the nursing home........:rotfl:

I have been looking at RTW tickets for 2017 or 2018. I have always wanted to go to South America and guess what, my son has just married a girl from Venezuela.

Fortuitous or what - must be good karma;)

Her parents are wonderful and I have been invited to stay with them .......so just need to save my pennies.

So as you can see I am hoping that the downsizing and lack of spending on stuff will help me make my travel dreams come true.

My goal is a simple life, free from clutter and stress, but full of experiences, adventures and fun times.

Ps a lot of people who have posted on the Kondo thread have said how proper decluttering has been a life changer.

lessonlearned

Great news on the weight loss Mila.

Join us on our weight loss and decluttering journey.

Each of us will emerge from our chrysalis of clutter as glorious gossamer butterflies.......:D