Taking my own advice
- Jane Brocklehurst
- Feb 14, 2024
- 2 min read
This book, still available to buy through Amazon Kindle, is the distilled wisdom of a decade when I worked as as a domestic declutterer with people, in their own homes.
This is the time of year when a book like mine is perhaps most useful, it's spring cleaning season.
The book is full of advice and insights drawn from true stories, and deeply rooted beliefs. I published it at the beginning of 2018, the start of my retirement. I wrote things like: once you've sorted out the things you need and want to keep, follow through with sorting out the rest by making sure things leave the house. Too many people get as far as putting things into a bag to take to the tip or a charity shop and then never take them, so the bag of unwanted things becomes clutter in another place.
Learn to recognise how much is "enough" for you.
Now I am in the position of having sorted out a necklace and a handbag that I no longer need nor want, but they're still sitting in the house. This is the point where faith needs to kick in as far as funding the challenge is concerned, and that does not mean holding on to clutter. As an act of generosity I know I must donate these unwanted (lovely) things to a charity shop where they'll bring some benefit to more than me, and trust that I will manage to meet my challenge by other means. Lent is coming. Lent is an old English word for spring. A time of new beginnings? Definitely the right time to clear and clean.
On the day I made the decision to donate instead of selling the necklace and handbag, a friend who is writing a thesis for her PhD asked if I would proof read the manuscript. She offered to pay me for my time and skills. Answered prayer.
#10 of 70 proof read a doctoral thesis
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