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Waiting for Ostara
12/2/21 16:28 I've been spring cleaning. I did loads of the house last year when lockdown began. I worked methodically through the rooms and followed a plan and felt better for having laid a hand on most every part of the house. So this year it isn't so bad - only a year of built up dust and neglect to brush away this time.
We have been planning on moving for some time, but recent circumstances have put that on hold for now. Even though I have cleaned and tidied, I have to say that the thought of going through everything we own again, discarding and donating and making decisions fills me with dread. I am a little and often kind of girl. I've been trying to persuade my partner to help me out at the weekends - if we commit to sorting and clearing one shelf unit, one box, one corner a weekend, then we would be that much further on in the process and feel much less trapped by it all.
Imbolc was my trigger for the annual cleaning cycle and for me it is a time to clear the decks, both physically and mentally. I have been examining the things that i carry around with me each day, observing which thoughts still serve me well, which need updating and which need to be discarded now. Little and often is a good plan for these exercises too. If you let things build up, they become a problem or they become too daunting a task to tackle. But if you look at one area at a time, sort it through and lay a hand on everything, you will renew connections, find hidden gems and discover what is no longer needful to you. So when Ostara rolls around and the world wakes up in earnest, you will be ready with fresh space to grow.
On a more natural note, we have had snowdrops and snow for the last week or so. It really is the darkest time of year with all the trees seeming months from reviving. But the sun rises earlier every day and the evenings get longer. My partner saw hares in a field behind our house last weekend - three of them - getting ahead of the game already! Spring is coming - Imbolc's promise wasn't false.
We have been planning on moving for some time, but recent circumstances have put that on hold for now. Even though I have cleaned and tidied, I have to say that the thought of going through everything we own again, discarding and donating and making decisions fills me with dread. I am a little and often kind of girl. I've been trying to persuade my partner to help me out at the weekends - if we commit to sorting and clearing one shelf unit, one box, one corner a weekend, then we would be that much further on in the process and feel much less trapped by it all.
Imbolc was my trigger for the annual cleaning cycle and for me it is a time to clear the decks, both physically and mentally. I have been examining the things that i carry around with me each day, observing which thoughts still serve me well, which need updating and which need to be discarded now. Little and often is a good plan for these exercises too. If you let things build up, they become a problem or they become too daunting a task to tackle. But if you look at one area at a time, sort it through and lay a hand on everything, you will renew connections, find hidden gems and discover what is no longer needful to you. So when Ostara rolls around and the world wakes up in earnest, you will be ready with fresh space to grow.
On a more natural note, we have had snowdrops and snow for the last week or so. It really is the darkest time of year with all the trees seeming months from reviving. But the sun rises earlier every day and the evenings get longer. My partner saw hares in a field behind our house last weekend - three of them - getting ahead of the game already! Spring is coming - Imbolc's promise wasn't false.
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