I wanted everything to be perfect (or at least DONE) with my cabin cleanup / de-cluttering / refocusing / organization project before I unrolled my new rug and put it to use.
But it’s never going to be “perfect” – there is no such thing.
What there is is work, and PROGRESS. It is important to acknowledge work. It is important to acknowledge progress.
I have done a lot of work, and made PROGRESS. It is good! I am making consistent strides. I want to acknowledge and reward this person, and give them something that feels special. To let this person know their efforts are valued, and I am worthy of a clean, comfortable, pretty thing like A RUG that provides a little insulating in winter, and invitation and justification for making this one small space mine, and a sanctified no-outside-shoes zone.
It’s important to be able to SEE changes. A visible before and after. To know things are different and change is GOOD. That change FEELS good. That letting go of some things means making space for the new.
I deserve clean things. New things. Pretty things. Things that feel good. Things that make my work and solo space more efficient and distinctly MINE.
Three little entry-sized rugs that cost about $12 all together, plus the runner that was maybe $40 after taxes and shipping. This is not a crazy extravagance. The floor is EXTREMELY COLD and worn.
I do not have to wait for things to be “perfect” before I use them.
Making bite-sized rewarding improvements helps clarify visions of pleasurable livability, and reinforces work done and progress made.