LIFE
Sometimes a Big Mess is a Big Opportunity
New floor, new carpet
We are having new carpet put into two rooms this week. The house is both neat and a freaking mess; neat because both rooms are nearly empty except for things too heavy to move or two necessary until the last minute and messy because everything else is piled up in other rooms.
The spare room pictured above is never the neatest housekeeping example; it is, after all, a spare room, used for seldom used items and pantry overflow. But now it’s jammed with bric-a-brac, books, and sundry.
My closet, the kitchen, and the garage have their own share of books, pictures from the walls, boxes, crates, and what have you. I am miles away from any semblance of a neat person, but this disorder is stressing even me.
And so is the thought of putting it all back after the carpet is in.
Useful, Decorative, or Sentimental Value
There is a silver lining, though. This is a chance to purge, to clean out, to sell, to give away.
Though that has its own stressors.
Still, I’m committed to a major effort. I’ve told my wife that it may take me weeks to put the place back in full order because I’ll be sorting things out for triage…
