bovagoods top ten: #9

{i am taking the remainder of 2011 to count down the all-time top ten posts here on bovagoods}

Ninth Place:  "do goods"

my head is ready to explode. do you ever feel like you have so many projects or potential projects on the brain that you feel like your head might just burst?

that's me. right now.

i am one project away from total overwhelmdom. and when that happens, i get paralyzed and nothing gets done.

but that's not happening this time. it's just not. why? because:

1. this wednesday is ash wednesday and i am really inspired by what i am doing for lent.

2. my father-in-law is coming to stay with us for a bit and he is ready to work! he told me to have projects ready because he doesn't want to run out of things to do. yeah, we are THAT lucky.  and you better believe i have a list. so excited for him to come. he is going to help keep my head from bursting.

 here's why i'm excited about lent:

so, last year i was really inspired by sarah from memories on clover lane. for lent she did a project she called "40 bags, 40 days".  she went through her house and collected 40 trash bags of stuff to either throw away or donate.  brilliant!  i really need to do this and i am confident that i won't have any trouble coming up with 40 bags of stuff.

(my laundry room. keepin' it real)

so far, i have numbered 1 through 40 on a piece of notebook paper and i've listed the areas in my house that i want to clean out. which happens to be every single area. from the attic to the garage.

(my kitchen...a previous attempt)

i am really going to fight my urge to sell our stuff on ebay or take it to a consignment store to get some money out of it. i have done this in the past and it does feel good to get some money out of things that may still have some value. but this can prove to be very time consuming; especially ebay.  right now my time needs to be used in better and more productive ways. sure it would be nice to have a few extra bucks but when i think about the bigger picture i realize what a blessing it is to be able to donate our stuff.  there are people out there who aren't shopping at goodwill because they want to post a dramatic "before and after" on their blog. they shop there because they have to.

(my sewing room. the "dumping ground".)

i am excited to give it away.
bless someone else with it.
focus on what's important.
be less materialistic,
less greedy.
cleanse my spirit,
cleanse my home.
own less,
appreciate more.

i will be sure to post updates on how it's going. i am soooo ready to do this! want to do it with me?  leave a comment and let me know...we can do it together!

thank you to sarah for being my inspiration in this. i have read every single post on her blog related to the 40 bags, 40 days topic, more than once. here is the link to all of sarah's 40 bags, 40 days posts.


have a great monday!
~elisabeth