I’m ready for a new year! (The photo is from last spring — we do NOT have open water right now!)
My main goal for the year is to not bring anything into the house that we don’t NEED. We have so much stuff. Every time something new comes in, it seems to float around with nowhere to go.
I have no desire to move, but sometimes I daydream about what we’d bring with us if we had to. And then I think about what the house would be like if we got rid of everything we wouldn’t deign to bring with us on a move.
So the second part of my plan is offloading a lot of the boxes that are basically just in storage (downstairs). The kids are getting older and are now able to admit that, yeah, maybe they WON’T ever play with dolls again. We can save a few precious ones and donate the rest. And I have so much stuff like that, things I need to admit to myself I’m never going to use.
Craft-wise, I have all that estate sale yarn to use up, and I have a decent selection of fabric. I’ve been seeing a lot of people posting about their “Make Nine”, which I think is basically just picking nine items to knit — being intentional and having a cohesive plan instead of knitting things willy-nilly. I don’t feel an urge to do that, really. When I plan my knitting out too far ahead, I get bored of the projects before I even start them! And I only know what I feel like knitting right now, not what I’ll be in the mood for in the second half of the year. So I probably won’t plan out my crafting for the year, but I do recognize that I need to use what I’ve got instead of chasing the dopamine of acquiring more.
Maybe the theme for the year is whittling down — getting rid of the clutter and figuring out what we really need in our lives. And then being able to enjoy those things!
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