Cleaning House

I'm pretty sure I'm a little early (for once!), but I started my spring cleaning this weekend. I didn't think I was going to have all that much to throw out (we did a huge household purge just before returning to the states), but I was wrong! I've already tossed three bags of old coloring books, used up art supplies, and broken toys. I'm starting with the kids' areas--and am now fairly certain that my children have been raised by wolves--and then plan to branch out into other areas of the house. I'm saving the garage for last; my hope is that the weather will dry out and warm up just a little bit. I know there is a lot of work to do in there!

I'm not sure what's gotten into me, but during one of my internet breaks today I did a little sprucing up of my Facebook friends list. I've wanted to knock the list down for awhile but didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings. How silly is that?! So I finally just bit the bullet. If I hadn't recently interacted with someone I deleted them. It was kind of liberating in a funny sort of way. (And I'm pretty sure that 99% of the people I deleted will never realize I did so. There was no drama involved.)

I am not a minimalist by nature, but I have started to feel a little closed in by the clutter in my life. I think this is a good thing--maybe I can get rid of some of the mind clutter by clearing out the material clutter. (Not that I'm dealing with some kind of hoarding issue or anything; it's just ridiculously easy for a family of six to accumulate a bunch of unnecessary crap!) Clearing out the mind clutter may help me with the weight loss efforts--which are not going so swimmingly right now.

Does your organizational level have an effect on your mental status? Do you find yourself getting edgy when things get messy?