Learn How To Let Go
The notion of spring cleaning is nice in theory. It’s a time to open windows, let fresh air in, start a cycle of re-birth in your home. But when it comes to crunch time and you think about having a yard sale for your excess junk, can you come through or do you fold?
You start weeding through closets and shelves, imagining by the end of the process you’ll have a huge pile of yard sale merchandise and donations for the Salvation Army. But what you actually have in the end is a pile of nothing. That alpine skiing equipment is still crammed into the back end of the closet (even though you haven’t gone skiing in twenty years). There’s a dilapidated piano keyboard that you were hoping to fix one day. There’s the VCR that still works, even though you’ve got two DVD players in the house.
Why is it that we are so adept at accumulating objects, and yet so reluctant to let them go once they no longer have any use?
There are instances where saving certain items is excusable and understandable, but there is still a tipping point. Once your packrat tendencies start to make your living quarters uninhabitable, or if you feel that by losing an article you’re losing some part of yourself, it’s time to make a change.
First and foremost, disengage your emotions from your clutter. See it for exactly what it is and how it serves any purpose to you. The reason you bought these items in the first place is because they stood to be of use at the time. But are they of any use any more? What good are they if they have no real function in your life? A dilapidated tandem stroller might have practical when your kids were younger, but does it do anything more for you now except serve as proof for time that has already passed? Toss it out.
Also remember that letting go of a three dimensional object that you can hold in your hands doesn’t mean that you can’t preserve the precious memories that it stands for. If you’re so connected to certain objects, take a photo of it! Keep a visual diary that can be catalogued onto a computer and printed when you want a copy. As for the mounds of yellowing paperbacks, consolidate all their value into a digital book reader and donate the rest to your local library.
A rehabilitated packrat who has taken heed to this advice will tell you himself: purging the excess from your life can be liberating.
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