For those of you who don't get the reference in the title, check out flylady.net. A 'Superfling Boogie' is where you remove the physical clutter from your home by getting rid of things you don't need. It involves brutal honesty. It involves a mental status check: is this a Need or a Want? It involves trashing, donating, selling or otherwise re-distributing your possessions to other realms.
There are times this is sorely needed for some people. Some more than others.
What about, though, a mental flinging? Throwing away ideas and concepts that you don't need anymore? Julia Sweeny's "Letting go of God" comes to mind almost immediately. Though there are some things I think I understand about Zen on an instinctive level, it's the Buddhism part that bugs me from time to time. That, however, is a whole essay unto itself. More on that some other time.
I have too many projects going on at the moment. This is nothing new for me, as I like to keep busy. Or at least have the illusion of being busy. I need to narrow things down, though, since I've been getting lax in taking care of the more important things. I'm going to drop a couple of minor tasks and start concentrating more on what I really want to accomplish, and more importantly, how I'm going to get them done. Having a plan usually helps.
Patience, persistence, perseverance.
Later.
-D.
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Wondering what you want to declutter.
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