The Spring Edit
This is not business as usual: strategic curation and direction
I want to thank God for the ways paths have been cleared in my life.
There are things that I am also responsible for. I am the steward of my physical spaces, my physical body, mind, and spirit.
It is all connected.
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” James 2:26 NIV
I am channeling the emergence of Spring to intentionally clear. There are things that I have let accumulate—clothes, dishes I don’t particularly like, or things that I don’t actually use that are taking up space. I am also sensitive to keeping things in my place from people I may not talk to anymore or whom we are not on good terms. I’ve been exploring what happens when we only have things around us that we absolutely love and use? In this season of intentionally creating space, things that I have wanted for a long time like furniture, cookware, and even opportunities have been realized with ease. I cannot say if they are directly related or are just happening at the same time. I will say making a clearing has been incredibly refreshing and freeing.
During this rebirth, I am curating and editing all aspects of my life. I am making decisions. For clothes, shoes and accessories, that looks like sorting. What am I keeping, selling, or donating? For the pieces I am keeping, I am considering what needs to be repaired, dyed, or dry cleaned. For pieces I am selling on Depop and Vestiaire Collective, I spent time taking pictures, writing descriptions, weighing shipments, and posting online. The Rollo wireless label printer has made shipping items a breeze (and enjoyable). I am using up the lotions, creams, and candles that are almost done. For candles that are near the end of its life, while still melted, I pour the remaining wax in another candle. For bottles and tubes, I cut in half to use any remaining product.
Waste nothing, Chica, not even pain. Particularly not pain. —Zami Audre Lorde
This is not business as usual. All of the consequential moments in my life did not happen by chance. I did not just stumble upon opportunity. Nothing that I actually wanted ever came passively. I had to make a clearing, make decisions, and move.
During the clearing and editing, things may get ugly and emotional. I had to get okay with not being everything to everyone, with not holding onto things, even if I loved them. While in the process of editing, I had to think what are the costs of holding on? Are the things I am holding onto durable? What about the value? If I sell now, will I get more from it compared to when I try to sell later? What if I hold on too long and it is not usable or the quality degrades?
This is my Spring edit.
All that you touch
You Change
All that you Change
Changes You
—Octavia E. Butler, The Parable of the Sower
