Babe how r u this morning?
Well… since Jisoo’s new K-drama isn’t out yet… I decided to start decluttering.
Noice!
I’m setting small goals for myself. I wanted to at the bare minimum, just clear one drawer today. I have a desk in my room… and there are drawers filled with clutter… some of this is even from my apartment when I used to live in Brisbane. I brought all that crap back to my parents house when I moved back… and I just didn’t have the mental space to go through it.
Mmmhmmm…
Anyway I cleared one drawer and also a square block of a shelf inside my wardrobe.
Square block?
So you know how there are shelves with squares…?
Yes…
I have one of those in my walk-in wardrobe.
Ahhh. I see…
But I actually want to get rid of it. I want to clear the shelf then drive it to the rubbish tip.
What are you getting instead?
Nothing. I just want to declutter.
I am actively trying to resist instagram ads and STOP BUYING SHIT.
Mmmmmm… okay… ๐
I have a whole new mindset about my parents house. It’s not just decluttering. I’m trying to clear this space so that at any point in time, if we have to move, if we have to sell this house, if we have to evacuate?! — I can just grab an emergency kit and go.
Ummm…? ๐ babe… ur scaring me…
Okay that last one was a bit extreme.
But I really want to feel as if my bedroom is as clean and neat and decluttered as a hotel room.
That’s what I’m aiming for… but also being patient with myself.
You know, when I was younger, I used to do these types of mega decluttering sessions in one day.
Yeah…
But that is also how I threw out my art diaries when my mother requested. She was like “That’s just going to attract cockroaches! You should throw it out!” — and I did… ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ
Did you at least take photos of some of your best pages? ๐ฅบ
I feel like I did… except that would be on a USB or SD card that is also lost by now… ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ
Awww… my darling…
There is one art piece I’ve always wanted to recreate. I guess I would call it “lost souls”…. it looked like… ghosts…
Anyway I don’t know how else to describe it but the image is very strong in my heart. I feel like that is an unfinished art piece. I think I had let it go because it was still in draft form. But if I was ever to expand and develop an art collection, that is the theme that I would be working on.
“Lost Souls”…?
Yes.
A commentary on the human experience?
On some human experiences, yes…
I think… I was a little lost myself when I was sketching the draft… I feel like… I have more maturity now to build on what I started with that sketch.
Darling, if we were ever to go hide away from the world in a cabin in the woods I would love an art studio for me to work on that collection of art pieces.
Okay… ๐ค๐… I’ll go get that organised… what kind of paints do you want?
I don’t know… ๐ ๐ ๐ acrylic and oils? And some charcoals?
Okies ๐คโ ๏ธ everything will be ready for u my dearest.
๐ฅฐ๐ Thank you… sigh…
Have you been watching news?
Well… I’ve been listening while I’m cleaning…
What are your thoughts?
I don’t know, I’m only half listening. It’s just background noise while I clean. My foreground thoughts are “throw or donate?” And I got a bag to donate. I’m gonna drive over in the afternoon and get rid of it.
I see… are you feeling like… the world is in disarray so the most you can do is clean and donate some things to less advantaged people?
Sigh… ๐ yeah… well… I didn’t think about it like that but when you say it like that I suppose… yeah? Maybe subconsciously I was feeling that.
But also — I feel like my life is still in a limbo period… this is a long overdue decluttering. I kinda avoided it when I first moved back. I was a bit depressed?
Because you lost your sense of autonomy. You went from living in your own nice modern apartment, being a corporate salary worker and then moving back to your parents place…
Lol… something like that.
But… everything you went through… is not like being in a war zone… ๐
Very true my dear. It’s certainly putting things into perspective.
I feel very GRATEFUL for my job right now too. Remember when I told you the astrologers said don’t make any drastic changes?
Yeah……. ๐
I’m so grateful I didn’t!
When it’s such uncertain times… so far, fingers crossed, my job is something I feel is relatively dependable.
Yeah… but… are people going to buy clothes when everything gets too expensive?
Sigh. That analysis is way above my pay grade my dear…
Yeah… ๐ ๐ ๐
I’m just glad I’ve cleared one drawer. And one shelf. There’s many more to go!
Mmmmm…
I think that I was buying too much stuff these recent years. AfterPay was too easy to use. I don’t wanna buy any unnecessary things. I want to give stuff away. I want to declutter!
Making room for new things…
Second half of 2026.
I think my goal is to declutter through to June? And then by second half of 2026, if there’s been enough decluttered… maybe I’ll have room and mental space to design a streaming space?
Oooohhhh….
Right? I think… that’s more me…
Are you gonna play Sims today?
Yeah I might this afternoon. It’s like my reward for decluttering… plus there’s no K-dramas holding my attention.
Hahahahah… so all this goes out the window when Jisoo’s new show comes out!
Well… I’ll watch it week by week. I’ll pace myself so I can still live my life. Lol… it’s been such a Netflix indulgent annual leave!
Mmm… I’m remembering… ๐ฅฐ๐
Do you know, for horse year, I hung a little horse outside the door of my room.
Ahahahaha… what is that gonna do?
Mmmm… lemme let AI explain it.
Okay there’s other factors. I can’t be bothered explaining. But it’s good.
It’s not directly in front of the door is it?
No… it’s more like on the door frame. And it’s a gentle horse. It’s not a red firey horse. It’s a blue and white horse.
?!??!?!? I have no idea what that means ๐
Because it is a FIRE HORSE year… and just look at what is happening in the world… it’s a reminder to be a PEACEFUL HORSE. Rein it in.
The tendency is to GET BURNT OUT.
Too much fire energy… ๐ฅ
Ahhh… I see…! ๐
Anyway it makes sense to me…
I know baby ๐ฅฐ๐
I’m trying not to buy anything new. I’m trying to abstain from unnecessary shopping.
Mmmhmm!
I think I will enjoy more of that in the second half of 2026.
Well… I’m coming to visit you so yeah. I’ll buy whatever you want! ๐โค๏ธ
Awwwwwww… ๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅฐ๐
