Boomer women are you looking into your closets and around your house with a feeling of “it’s time to get rid of or do something”. This usually happens as it gets closer to spring. This feeling of restlessness can cause you to do full clean out or wait until the feeling passes.
This is also a great time boomer women to not only looking at your physical surroundings but your mental as well. Looking at your mental can cause you to reevaluate, reframe and rethink your core values. This introspection can be very uncomfortable because you can discover some places where you’re out of alignment. Once you’ve made that discovery and now that it is at the forefront of your mind, you have some choices. You get to choose to make some changes or ignore your discovery.
Boomer women you may discover that making changes with only you in mind is not easy. You’ve practiced being unselfish for so very long! You’ve agreed with and bought into the ‘culture’ that “it’s better to give than to receive”. So you’ve given and given until you now realize that you’re out of alignment and giving at this time is hurting you.
Let your family know that you will be making some changes in your life and how you do things. Ask for their support in your changes and begin!
Be gentle with yourself, start slowly, and give yourself permission to make one small change.
The change can be as simple as saying no to babysitting the grandchildren. Of course this can cause a HUGH ruckus if you allow it. Remember, your love ones have never seen you this way. They get to choose to be accepting of your changes or not.
You are not responsible for their feelings. Nor are they responsible for yours.
This is your gift to you!
Oh, Inez you are sooo on target. It has got to start with our mind. Yes, I am throwing out, selling out and giving out physical stuff in my attic and basement.But this is also because I am mentally challenging myself. But, albeit, I feel not enough. I really get more done when I DO PAUSE.
Thanks for this healthy reminder
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Rosie,
Thanks so much, the mind is powerful isn’t it? Congrats on getting rid of the clutter!
Inez,
I love this post! I do know that once you get rid of the clutter in your mind, you can think much more clearly and have the energy to do the physical stuff. It’s amazing how much mental garbage can weigh the soul and body down.
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Beverly,
WOW! Mental clutter weighing the soul and body down. Many times we don’t realize how much that’s happening until the clutter is gone.
It is that time of the year, Inez, and we boomer women do get that part of the nesting urge that says “some of this stuff has GOT to go!”. For me, the 2010 cleaning fever started earlier in the year. There’s a post on my blog about “Clearing The Clutter”.
Blessings to you!
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Debra, Thanks bunches. Isn’t it interesting how “great minds” think alike :)! Thank you for your gift of wisdom in your post on “Clearing the Clutter”
You said it Inez. It really is ok to say “no” some times. Family may get a little shocked, maybe even a little irritated, but they aren’t going to stop loving you. They may even respect you and your time a little more!
Thanks Debbie for the reminder that “they aren’t going to stop loving you.” I think that sometimes we continue to do the things we don’t particularly like to do out of the ‘fear’ that they won’t love us anymore.