Ok, first of all, if I had Carrie Bradshaw’s closet I’d be in HEAVEN. Let me just get that out there. 🙂
Believe it or not, I used to be a pack rat. I had it bad too. I went as far as saving old scantron test from high school. Yeah…pretty bad. It wasn’t until late 2009 that I started to seriously let things go. Yes, I’d thrown out or given things away in the past. I’d even set some things aside in a place I could get to them. These things still had a hold of me.
Nowadays there are less material things that have a hold of me. This is something that I am very proud of. If it doesn’t add value into my life then why do I still possess it? Good question.
I’ve been feeling a bit down since the beginning of July. There are many factors as to why this is and I will not go into them. I can tell you that during my evaluation of what needed to be done to kick myself back up to being fabulously happy, it was concluded that a cleaning out session was in order.
Today was the closet. I only filled one large garbage bag of clothing I no longer wear. Releasing that bag lifted a weight. It was a beautiful thing.
Next, it will be my mail and the tons of paper that I really do not need. It all must go.
Getting rid of clutter, material and mental, is a mandatory thing to do. Material decluttering should be done at least once every quarter. Mental decluttering, at least for me, needs to be done on the daily. Doing this makes room for many other blessings that may be blocked from keeping said clutter. Blocking blessings is bad. Very bad.
I have not been decluttering at the rate that I mentioned above. I am positive this is one reason for my melancholy as of late. This is something that I will continue to work on.
I will get back to good in no time. 🙂