Too Much Clutter

I have clutter everywhere...
   ...my house...
      ...my desk...
         ...my room (ew, let's not even go there)...
...and worst of all, my head!

I had a great conversation with my sister-in-law this weekend. I was telling her how much I love her blog and that I'm very jealous that she can just sit down at lunch and have and entire page of well written and thought out text. I was explaining to her that I can't think for more than 30 seconds before I get distracted by another thought and that it takes days...sometimes even weeks....to put a post together. She looked at me and said "you're thinking about too much".

Wow! That made me think. My life is cluttered. Not just my environment, but my life. And not by important stuff either. I made a list of 9 things I wanted to do this year (like take more everyday pictures, scrapbook, blog, etc). I have spent very little time on those things, but a lot on work and other things that don't really matter to me in the big scheme of things.

Now that I realize this, I want to de-clutter. I've already started - and yes, that meant saying "No" to a ministry opportunity. I've added a large box in my garage where I can start accumulating "junk" for a garage sale. I want to choose a couple of things to spend my free time on and focus on them. I'm going to do more organizing in my house (I've already collected a lot of supplies, I just need to do it).

And maybe...just maybe...these de-cluttering efforts will allow me to think more and focus on the things I want to spend time on.