Moving Overseas – Au Revoir
“You are excited, thrilled, and can’t wait. You are about to move overseas indefinitely for the dream experience of a lifetime. You now need to detox and simplify every corner of your home and life like never before. Many things need to be eliminated, then eliminated some more. Your things need to be streamlined and re-organized. This time you’re not overwhelmed with the thought of clearing clutter and simplifying your life because you have the adventure of an overseas destination waiting for you.”
So ends round one of We’re Moving Overseas! Do I feel ready to move?
Physically, we’re getting close. If we actually had to move we would sell our major furniture pieces, eat our perishables, donate our cans, and pack up; probably with another big garage sale for the practicality sake of expense of moving.
Emotionally? Hell no! I’m a planner and an actual overseas move would take months of agonizing details, job searches, etc. But I am in a better place. Having purged a lot of material attachments, I find I am more mentally prepared to handle changes. I could actually contemplate moving when hubby gets out of the Army Reserve and we are free to live where we like. I could see actually moving beyond the dreaming phase to the action phase and plan on keeping the house and our lives as uncluttered as possible to allow opportunities like this to be taken advantage of.
Whether the future holds 50 more years in Alaska or moving to France in 2012 I don’t know, but we’ve allowed room in our lives both physically and mentally for more possibilities through this process. I would highly recommend it.
Thank you unclutterer for posting the original inspiration for this series.
