Forget Spring or any kind of seasonal cleaning, for that matter. This weekend, I decided to get down to brass tacks and do some life cleaning. Talk about a life changing, transformative event. As a lifelong—cluttermaniac–I had a  S-E-R-I-O-U-S task ahead of me but, one I was finally ready to undertake.

For years, I have been moving stuff around in my house, on my computer and even in my head as a means to try to accommodate the abundance of the stuff, the files, the information and the ideas connected to me. Although, I have intermittently won some battles in my fight against clutter, sadly enough, the clutter was ultimately winning the war. I needed a new tactic and in January it arrived in the form of book. My preparation for this purge has been going on for awhile (actually, a lifetime) and if you follow my alternate blog, http://indspark.wordpress.com you would have seen an earlier thread on the book that helped me to get ready. Clutter expert, Peter Walsh’s book, It’s All Too Much! An Easy Guide for Living a Life with Less Stuff. I have it on audiobook and have repeatedly listened to it over the last few months to get me motivated and then later as a means to keep me actively on task. This, and of course, the cooperation and support of family and friends. It has been a LLLLLLONG process but, success is suddenly now in my grasp. Thank you, Peter for writing such a transformative book.

Lori,

the experientist