Good day to you!
It’s a long weekend here in my part of the world. It’s a hot one as well, almost 40C with the humidex! We’ve got the AC on and I’m planning to spend most of this weekend indoors and I won’t get bored! I’ve many things to do, not pleasurable things, but stuff that needs to be done. One of them is to clean up my art room or studio as I like to call it. Now it’s more a messy room! I’ve already filled up one large box with items for recycling and a bag with nonrecyclable items.
My focus is on simplicity and minimalism. I’m working hard on them for many years, but still, lots of things pill up over the years. I’m getting rid of almost everything in that room. I’m saving my journaling notebooks, of course, and few tubes of paintings, only my favourite colours.
I’m debating if I should keep my large art journal notebooks, I’ve lots of them, they are heavy and take lots of space. I keep them because just in case, I wanted to look at them in the future. But I never look back at the pages I’ve created.
I need emptiness, space to feel free and create, I don’t want to carry the past and things on my back.
Another reason to clean up is that I’m playing to exchange rooms with my older son. Right now my studio is downstairs, and since I’m still recovering it isn’t easy to go down as much as I wish. My son’s room is beside my bedroom so it will be much easier to keep up with my creativity.
Hoping you have a wonderful weekend!
E.
Tea & Paper 
Lovely thank you!
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I hope you have created all the space you needed and that you can exchange rooms with your son. I find decluttering a very freeing experience too. Big hugs to you xxx
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Yes, I’ve lots of room now, feels much better being in that space right now. hugs to you too!
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Maybe take photos of the art journal pages and turn them into digital folders? Then you’ll still have the pictures without the clutter 🙂
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I like the idea Meg, taking photos of my pages and keeping a digital file with them, for sure it will save me lots of space. thanks!
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hope the sorting went well and you aren’t too exhausted. it’s good to de-clutter for the mind and soul too to see everything in order. lovely rose Elizabeth, almost like an icing cupcake.
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The room is nice and organized now, practically empty, the way that i like it. but my creativity mood is still on vacation 🙂
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it will come back just like how i thought I lost my words, give it time, you have been through so much! an empty space waiting to be filled with love my dear!
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Simplicity is the best. Nothing better than walking in a room and feeling like you can truly breathe!
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Yes! I try my best to keep up without clutter, but I don’t know what happened this time 🙂
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