I'm really loving this Zen Habits web site that my friend Paula directed me to. I had been feeling sort of panicky lately, with our old bed sitting in the living room and the state of our home being slightly off-kilter. But the old bed isn't hurting anybody (while the new bed is totally amazing by the way), and so I can ignore the old bed leaning against the wall while I focus on other tasks that I need to accomplish in the interim.

I am really keen on making the place like a totally serene environment, with very few items gracing the surfaces. Since so much will have to be "put away", I also want those items to be perfectly organized so that I always know where everything is. I want to exercise my OCD and just run rampant and get rid of anything in the apartment that's not totally necessary.

I want all the clothes in my closet to be items that are flattering, and so I only want to keep the clothes that I love. Let me beat this into my skull: I don't need a volume of clothes. I only need to keep what works for me. I have a few outfits that I pull out time and again, try on during the scramble of my morning, decide I look BLAH ... and then for some reason, I hang this crap back up in the closet so that I can waste more time another morning when I don't know what to wear. It's time to make a break from that routine. I don't need an abundance of clothing. I only want to keep quality items. How many different ways can I say this to myself? Self, are you listening??

I think I got it now.