The house is nearly empty now and you would hardly recognise it. The rug you always put your legs under and used like a blanket will be gone by the end of today and there is very little esle left.
About three years ago I set myself a New Year's Resolution to thow out, give away or recycle something every week. I have kept to this for all this time but even so near the end I still have stuff I am not too sure what to do with.
I organised a "sell it" pile and Ling from work has been amazing helping to clear that; a "give it away" pile - mostly for the condo to help themselves; a "recycle" pile and the "throw it" pile. The trouble is with just two days before the packers turn up I am doing things I am not proud of. I put an empty jar from the anchovies into the rubbish without rinsing it.. It won't get recycled - I know - but I'm living with the guilt of not putting the effort into sorting things like that in a mindful way. I think my hopes that nothing is really wasted goes to the heart and that is why it has taken me so long to get to this state of empty-houseness.
Last weekend, a friend took an IKEA standard lamp for a walk.. actually she took it to her apartment and on the way she said it had a "Marmite moment". It sat down heavily and didn't want to move. I know you know that feeling.
These pictures are of the lamp walking along the Pang Sua canal - our regular route for a morning walk.
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