Letting Go

My new part time job at The Container Store came at the PERFECT time.  As I am finding a lot of comfort in organizing my home, my life and my stuff.  This past year has been a project filled year...tackling one room or area at a time...to reclaim it (or me).

I am proud to say that most of the 'stuff' was easy to say goodbye too.  I have been in 'let it go' mode a lot lately...part of it is just a need for room to breathe and part of it (the bigger part) is that its good therapy to just 'let it go'.  I loved this book mark that Half Priced Books is giving out - it was as if it were made for me!!!

I am a HUGE saver - Most of the items I keep are MEMORY related.  I heard a professional organizer describe 'clutter' this way...

There are two kinds of clutter -

Memory clutter (holds you in the past)

I-May-Need-This-Later (planning for imagined futures)

Both take away from the PRESENT which is really the only thing we are guaranteed.  So I learned to MAKE memories always rather than holding on so tightly to memories of the past.  Life is ever evolving and changing.  It's so important that every day be filled to the brim with expressions of today's love, admiration and the making of new memories.  It is those memories that will carry you thru each day...not those of yesterday. 

A few items that I finally let go of....

 Bridal Shower cards from 10 years ago.

 A specific card because the signature of my dear friend Velena was on it. We lost her to cancer and it's been very hard to let go of this - but letting go of this did not at all lessen the memory of her.  In fact it made room for happier memories of her - instead of the negative feeling this had of a LAST writing from her.

 DEAD flowers - not at all smelling good...very dusty.

More dead flowers - dusty and dirty...but mostly DEAD.

There - done.

Now on to today!!! :)