If you have ever struggled with clutter then you likely have come across this kind of scenario; You get all motivated to finally deal with your clutter, you have a huge donate box nearby with good intentions of really getting rid of a bunch of stuff that you have been hanging onto for who knows what reason. You get started and things are getting tossed proudly into that donate box, then, it starts to hit you. The memories, the stories with each and every single item! The guilt! “Oh, whatever, I will just put all this aside for now and do it later.”
This is too hard!
Decluttering is not actually that hard; Get rid of the things you don’t use – easy! It’s the guilt you feel about the item that makes decluttering hard. You may feel guilt about getting rid of something that was gifted to you, you may feel guilt about a hobby you once started and spent the money on supplies, you may feel guilt about not making time for the hobby or for fixing something or for using something. There are so many emotions that we feel about our stuff!
But it is actually, just stuff!
Getting rid of the items can make you feel like you are letting people down, or maybe you feel like you are letting yourself down just because you are getting rid of something that doesn’t serve your life anymore.
Keeping all of these things out of guilt traps you in a world where you are not authentically you! You are the you that everyone else (and maybe even a past version of you) wants you to be. You are stuck having to store all of these things that aren’t really you anymore!
Cherish the memories but not all the stuff.
It’s not worth the impact of keeping everything for the sake of not facing the guilt you feel. Let your emotions escape! Share a story about an item and then get rid of it. Let it go!
Let yourself out of the cocoon of your guilt and spread your wings. It sounds cheesy, but really! Allow yourself the freedom of getting rid of those things that you are simply keeping because it was expensive, or because someone gave you something that they love. It’s ok to say goodbye to it!
Let go of the guilt. Allow your home to become yours! Create space for your peace so that you can become the person you are now!
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