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Passing on Your Light
Photo by Aamir Suhail on Unsplash I used to hold onto everything. Toys from my childhood, things that brought back painful memories, things I thought gave me an identity, and even people who took away my dignity and self-respect. Then there were the people who had passed. So devastated I was that I held tightly onto the things I received from them and boxed them up as if the memories might escape. Last year, when my elderly friend passed who I’d known since I was small, I thought about how another light had passed from this word. Even in her ripe old age, she was popular and always had people visiting. She always…
- Consumerism, Decluttering, Gratitude, Healing from the past, mindset, minimalism, Self awareness, Self growth, self help, Simplicity, Slow living, Stress, Time
5 Benefits of Less
Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash As I’ve built my decluttering muscles and let go of more and more stuff from my life, people have asked me questions, some curious, and others fearful. The curious wonder what minimalism is and how it is that I’ve got rid of so much stuff. The fearful ones tend to ask, “But you’re not going too far with it are you?”, or react with horror and say things like, “You won’t have anything left!” And my answer to them is this: with minimalism, I have only gained. The more stuff I let go of, the more I gain in terms of time, sanity, and self awareness, extra…
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The Power of Choice
Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash As far as health goes, I’ve been having a rough time lately. Weeks into my lovely new job, I tested positive for Covid (again), and although that was incredibly mild compared to the first time I caught it, I returned to work and immediately came down with a throat infection which has moved into my chest. It was kind of hilarious, actually, trying to support children in class when I had completely lost my voice. It was almost like playing a game of Taboo, with everyone trying to guess what I was miming, except there were no winners or losers. I’ve been sat in bed for most of…
- 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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Spring-Minimising
Keeping hope,decluttering sentimental objects, and letting go of pain.
Minimalist Thinking, Maximum Living
