Moving things around is good for the soul
Just before I left for my holiday to Singapore in December, I had to move everything out of my room so that the new flooring can be put in, and the walls be painted. Whilst moving all my stuff out to the living room, I manage to clear out a lot of junk and things that I had perhaps held on to for a little bit too long.
I was merciless, and I was proud of it. Everything that no longer mattered went into the recycling bin or became garbage. After I got back from my holiday and started moving things back into the room again, I threw out some more stuff – things that did not pass the second time of filtering.
Then today, I got a new laptop for work. All spanking new and pristined, ready to be deflowered. As how it was when I moved stuff around in and out of my room, I deleted lots of files and programs as I transferred my data across to the new machine.
Both of the above felt good and almost soul cleansing. It got me thinking: do I want to move myself out of my comfort zone in Perth to do a real soul cleansing? Or at the very least do I want a change in my work environment? Being comfortable has been good the past few years but lately I’m beginning to feel cramped in. I like my life now but at the same time I feel restless, like I should be doing something more or different.
I haven’t quite figure out the direction that I want to head in yet. I think my family is ready and ok with me mixing things up a little but the question is, am I? One thing’s for sure though: it is really hard to leave home, even if I’m beginning to want to wander.
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chucking stuffs out from your house feels as good as chucking stuffs out from our lives. Strangely, we relate junks in our lives to the junks lying around in our house. read that in a magazine somewhere.
that makes sense – if you tend to hold on to physical things for too long, you are probably the type who’d hold on to the past for too long as well.
Getting Clutter out is good for Fengshui, if you believe la
I know the feeling of being restless. I find when things have been the same for a while, I feel like something needs to change…last time I felt like that, I booked an overseas trips. If I felt too much in a rut, I would probably move cities/countries for a while. But yeah, it is hard to leave your comfort zone and start afresh. It is easy to stay where things are the same and familiar. Good luck and keep us updated on your movements
Go with what your heart feels, that’s all I can say. I have advised someone (who was contemplateing if he should switched jobs) to go for it but ended up it wasn’t better than the previous place. So, sometimes you’re lucky, it may turn out really well, otherwise, you just have to move on and look for another one. Pretty much like dating….
Lupin: yeah less clutter is indeed very liberating. Some parts of Feng Shui do make practical sense.
girlstar7: it is TOO easy to just stay in the comfortable rut. And sometimes I question why is it so bad to be in the rut if I’m ok with it? Hahah.
blur ting: now you are scaring me! I haven’t much good luck in dating for a few years now.
Chucking things out is really hard so congrats on being able to do that without shedding tears! Sometimes what is convenient and “safe” isn’t always the best possible thing for us to be doing – so it’s a great thing that you are reassessing your living environment. Even if you decide you’re not ready to leave, it’s perfectly fine because you can’t say that you’re just there simply because you haven’t considered moving out!
Katie: “Even if you decide you’re not ready to leave, it’s perfectly fine because you can’t say that you’re just there simply because you haven’t considered moving out!”
hahah that’s a good way of looking at it! Although that might just give me more reason to stay!
home is where your heart is. =)
and home is where your family and friends are. You can have more than one home, actually… you know what I mean?
rn: true that and right now, they are both the same places for me.
i say move, you could be in a rut, being in a comfort zone
i love cleaning out junk, although i still hoard a lot over the last few years….
natnatviv: but the comfort zone is sooo comfortable. Hahah. As you can see, this will take some time for me to actually make a move.
OMG, my comment is riddled with typos
Maybe you’ll get lucky this time. It’s always easy to get into a relationship/new job but the getting out part (if it’s not the right one) can be pretty tough.
blur ting: ah you hit the nail on it now too – the thought about getting out from a wrong decision is also something that weighs heavily on my mind.