- Decluttering, Healing from the past, mindset, minimalism, Self awareness, Self growth, self help, Simplicity
Understanding and Letting Go of Your Sentimental Clutter
Photo from Jarmoluk on Pixabay Sentimental clutter. You’ve probably heard of it and seen thousands of posts and videos on the subject. There’s no shortage of this content because humans are emotional creatures, and we get particularly attached to objects which represent the past: Our old childhood teddy bears, A+ school work, letters and cards from loved ones, our childrens’ artwork, photos, trinkets of the places we have been, wedding memorabilia, the guitar from that dream of becoming an awesome musician, the gift from an ex, the tableware from an aunt who passed… If your heart is sinking and cleaching just thinking about getting rid of your grandma’s jewellery, fear…
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Why Your Heart is The Best Storage – Decluttering Sentimental Items
In the last quarter of 2020 I decided to have another go at clearing the attic. This time, I vowed to put my heart and soul into it, especially because it was so dangerously cluttered. There were many times up there I had tripped over boxes or had to do some bizarre manoeuvre to get around them like some sort of contortionist. One of these days somebody was going to fall through the attic floor or have the mass amount of boxes collapse on them. Unlike with my previous attempt, this time I was armed with a clear vision of the space above me being spacious and containing only seasonal…
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How To Minimise the Past And Maximise the Future
If I told you minimalism and self-growth is straight-forward and easy, I would be lying. Minimalism requires lots of hard decision-making, consistency, and dealing with memories both good and bad. Self-growth requires confronting and accepting hard truths about ourselves and our situations and learning to move forwards while becoming better people in the process. Because that’s what it all is. A process. A journey. And a bumpy one at that with twists, turns and long stretches of smoothness. I used to be what I call a tidy hoarder (although I didn’t realise I was a hoarder at the time). Candles, mugs, trinkets and figurines lined shelves and window sills while…
Minimalist Thinking, Maximum Living
