Brighten it up by shedding the downers
Today’s decluttering challenge is to find and let go of something that makes you cry.
You can tell me why, if you like, or you can cry one more time and then let it go.
Better yet, get mad that it’s been spreading its sorry energy throughout your space, and give it the heave-ho.
You may know exactly what to pick, or you may not. So look for something that has a heavy feeling to it, a thing you instinctively want to avoid. This thing might remind you of a dreadful argument that never got resolved, a missed opportunity to make something right or chase a dream.
An old college acceptance letter you didn’t open in time.
The worst break-up letter you ever got.
The invoice from the window salesmen who ripped you off so badly it still hurts.
A funeral service bulletin or an obituary that still makes you sad.
Those sparkly shoes you paid so much for and then the stitching fell off and you twisted your ankle at the dance.
Life is full of joys and disappointments, isn’t it? But we don’t need to hold onto the evidence of the down times. That keeps our focus right there with the tough stuff, which is in the past now.
What are you holding onto for the sadness? Can you let it go now?
If you find yourself wanting to keep something to prove how sad you were, and how unfairly treated you were, ask yourself how that’s helping you. Is poking at a wound by holding onto sad clutter really what you want to be doing these days?
You may find that it’s still important to you to keep this sad thing. If that’s the case, please be gentle with yourself and see if you can find something that’s less charged for you. Something that was more of a pity than a travesty.
A notice for a missed meeting you’d have liked to attend but didn’t.
An expired coupon for something you wish you’d used in time.
Something that evokes wistfulness over outright sadness.
Whatever you choose to let go of today, I’m interested to hear what you find, and how you felt as you made the decision to either hold onto it or let it go.