Dear minimalists, Happy New Month to you all..I want to share my entry to Transformation Thursday. It's something I really want to talk about. Ever since, I have been so keen and intentional about my mental space. I filter what goes into my mind every moment and allows nothing to clutter my head and disturb me.
Little did I know that it's not only our minds that need to be transformed and declutterd, even our physical space sometimes need transformation. I just noticed that even though I sweep at least twice a day and mop the floor with soap and water, I never had peace. Insects and rats have taken over my space, in fact, they are living a rent-free in my house. I have sat down a number of times to ponder on the causes. Sometimes, I resulted to immediate washing of plates after eating, but it never made a change.
Then, I headed to the supermarket to buy some insect spray. I deliberately went for the most expensive on the shelf, because I thought it would be the most active, but it was doing the magic. So, I was advised to use the traditional rodent control. Initially, I hesitated because I hated the smelly outcome, though it would work. In fact, my husband and I argued so long on the use. I really hate the smell that comes when it bursts. Since I had no other option I agreed but it was hell. The traditional repellent worked but the foul smell filled the air. We could no longer sit in our living room. The worst case was when my nephew called he would be visiting me and my husband for the first time. I became so restless and angry, because the smell would still be there for about a week, that is if another didn't die to smell for another seven days or more.
What then made it worse was that most of them died in the chairs, where it would be difficult to get them out to dispose them. So, they smell until they dry. Seriously, these things really made life difficult, until I decided to enter my kitchen one day and reason like a minimalist. I looked keenly through my kitchen and I asked myself questions I never had answers to, like: what is this doing in my kitchen? Why did I keep these disposables?
How many polythene bags and bottles am I keeping? Why am I keeping all these stuffs? Then I realized, I had done myself a lot of harms, by keeping and hanging on to unnecessaries. I saw lots of disposable plates and too much nylons, filled with rats faeces.
Immediately, I knew the cause of the problems. It saw reasons to let go of irrelevant things in the house. I started discarding those items that have cluttered my space for a long time. I have enough plates in the house, so I threw away the disposables and bags that have littered everywhere. I took my time and reorganize and reprioritize. I vouched not ever hang on to disposables in my house. My house actually took a new look. I was happy and felt that peace like a river. No more disturbance. I have now balanced and declutterd both my mental and physical space. Thanks to minimalist ideology. I finally have peace.
Thanks for reading.
All pictures were taken by my phone.