Reclamation........

Such a cool word huh? I love to nerd out on words lol:) Obviously this isn't one that gets a lot of usage........Reclamation means "the process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right." I have been doing so in my home at a feverish pace.....and it feels so good to be doing so......after he left I redid my master bedroom, pretty quickly.......needing to obliterate him and us in that space......making it look and feel completely different, and I achieved that....but the rest of the house has been a slower process....not such urgency attached to it all....and it has taken time.....last summer I cleaned out and got a dumpster, and got rid of so many things in the garage, the basement, the house, and the shed...........and looking around again that may be in order again this summer......but in the meantime I have taken to the task of making this place mine.....just myself and my kids.....the only traces that can be found here now......my new workout space is becoming a fast favorite.....have a few more things to add and it is done! And it should be.......I spend an hour there daily and it is a space of my own.......Changing those pictures in my bathroom finally was long overdue.......my new laughy praying Buddha.....I love him:) and each act.....and tweak......is a 'reclamation".......and it has indeed been a process.....I suppose like grief and death......wondering what to do with certain things....not sure how to go about it......and my Taurean self can hang onto stuff forever.....or look at something for so long.....all the things I buy for my spaces I truly love, so they tend to stay for a long time.....but sometimes that part of me can cause my wheels to spin, or for me to be stuck.....and I need to remind myself to make change in my physical surroundings sometimes.....like some of my Christmas decorations, I have had forever......content to pull them out of the bin year after year after year......never even considering changing it, which is absurd some...... and the same is for my home.....now don't misunderstand I do like to also buy new things too;-) I love all things great finds.....homewares......new clothes and shoes........outdoor stuff.....all of it......Venus rules much of my chart, and that is her thing for sure and mine lol;-) but I get attached.....to my stuff and to the people in my life.......it is just who I am......so I am working on currently busting up some of the "this is how it has been for long" vibe around my place and staking claim.......I have so many motivational words now everywhere......and I love it:) that has always been a love of mine.....no big surprise that I now love memes;-) not only is it my love of words.....but something about sayings that I have always loved......when the older trend of signs to hang in your home was a thing..... I loved it.....and now I have so many new framed posters with all my favorites finding their way into every corner of my home......so as I have been doing it all, the idea of reclamation found me.......understanding that for the last 2 plus years that process has been unfolding.....and maybe that process will find its end at some point in this home.....a real finish line......after I reclaim it all.....or maybe the end of that process will happen when I eventually move somewhere else and start over......or maybe it is a metaphorical notion.....a process I will embark on in this life, to reclaim my entire life beyond what has happened......all I can say is I am here for it.......all of it.......following the nudges that come.....pushing my big bull in a forward motion, embracing change, releasing the old, and actively changing so many things every single day!