Must Keep Going!

I must keep going on this stuff!
It's hard to see any progress.
But I did go forward again today...a little.

What has happened:

• The pile of storage stuff on my bedroom balcony is smaller:
• At least 1 rubbermaid container has been emptied of all clothes. They are being washed and will be given away or thrown away. (Funny red spots that look like rust on some of them...that's not going to go over well.)
• A couple of other containers have been pulled out. I'm still working on getting rid of the stuff inside.
• From the stuff I've been finding, I have another box of things to take to offer to anyone who wants them at the centre.
• A garbage bag is half-full.
• I've labelled the Rubbermaid containers that are still there.
• I've identified one more container--the NEXT one, that would be easy to dig into, when I get around to some focused time on it someday. I see a fair bit in there that will just be thrown out.
• And I've started to work on my piles in the office again.
• there is a bag in the 'to shred' pile--that is a task I can give to a helper someday.
• I remember that I had a box I was using for temporary storage of things, or the immediate rough filing of categories. I have a sense, if I get into that again, I can remember where I was with that, and start working on this stuff in a more consistent basis. 
• I've identified some giveaway items with names on them, or to run by particular friends. 
• I started to now listen to the THIRD Joshua Becker book--Clutterfree with Kids. One beef--it IS a pain that his books are so repetitive. He retells the philosophy in every book. However one thing I'm looking forward to in this book is some of the details he goes into for certain kinds of stuff. I ran into some photos the other day--marginally sentimental. Some don't see valuable at all--that's easy, I should be able to chuck, but then those special things. Ah, I've thought recently a few times about the dolphin thing a former "small friend" gave me when she got older. I don't see her much, and she doesn't express much, but she gave it to me, said it symbolized a friendship. Was she serious? Where is she? Would it remind me to pray for her? Should I keep it? (It's in the give away box right now.) I can pray about this. God can lead in this as in all things, right?

I have a goal, you know. I'm starting this balcony gardening stuff, and I really want to make it happen. I want it to be functional and beautiful. I have an outside balcony that I'll use in the summer, but I might turn my bedroom balcony into what I use some of the time too.

OR, and I'm wondering more and more about this, making my current office into the main garden, perhaps a solarium of sorts. That would be nice. My desk and office could move to another room. This could be the room for reading, for quiet time, for coffee with friends.

Now, I need to get back at it. It would be good to have things also LOOKING a little better before I end this day, and perhaps this week's BIG work on clutter-busting. I need to move those sorting boxes out of the hallway where they've been for ease of access and sorting, move them into another storage area. And...the living room area, where I am currently sorting--get at it, make decisions, put stuff away...  And (#2) I think I can do some tidy-up of all the miscellaneous little plants I'm trying to get started right now--particularly clean up "the look" of my kitchen area.