Day 32
That announcement has been going through my head this week, “Gentlemen … start your engines!” I feel like I’m getting ready for a race … not quite set to take off yet but getting ready. I’m starting my engine.
I’ve been thinking about this move for 3 years. For 3 years I’ve been thinking about moving away from the house I have now lived in for nearly 27 years. For 3 whole years. And in a very short 6 weeks I will be gone from it. Packed up and moved. Lock, stock and barrel.
Well, I will leave the locks, I have no stocks (not the old fashioned kind anyway) and nope, no barrels either. Good thing – fewer things to pack and move!
In any case I just was reading that for a successful move one should “dump” (give to friends, donate, sell or toss) ONE THIRD of their household belongings. If that is the case … oh dear … I am in trouble!
A year or so ago I started boxing. Not sparring but actually boxing things up. I have 70 boxes in my garage that with few exceptions I do not miss the contents at all. Granted a lot of it is childhood stuff … things I will be saving that were the kids’ (toys etc.) … I mean, really – I’ve held on to the Barbies and Ninja Turtles for this long I am not about to let them go now! But I think – what the heck is in all those other boxes?!
In any case I have 70 done. 70 down … 200 some to go! The guy who came to give me an estimate on moving said I’d probably end up with 300 boxes. I have a feeling he was low in his estimate. Egad I hope not but I have a feeling …
As we await the inspection and appraisal I am revving my engine … making my plan of action once I get the green flag and then I’ll be a whirling dervish! I will be racing full speed ahead in the packing department of moving. I need to be speedy as time is tight.
And as I’ve been gathering my thoughts and making my lists in anticipation of really going forward … it dawned on me that whatever we face – whether it’s moving or a new job or an illness or a divorce we all need to get ready for that race – whatever that race is. We need to start our engines … get our heads in the race. Clear our minds and focus on what is at hand.
We need to ready ourselves – for the good and bad; the downturns and the unexpected. For whatever sand gets thrown in our face or flat tires we may encounter on that journey. Life is not a smooth road so we need to prepare ourselves for whatever it throws our way. And sometimes we cannot see clearly due to unforeseen circumstances that present themselves – those jags in the road of life – or because our emotions are so high or because we just don’t want to accept what is happening … (denial only works for so long).
So, just thinking … whatever you may be facing – clear your windshield, fill your gas tank, check your tires and fluids and get out your map. Make your plan of action and then follow it. Start your engine and then … go!