It took a while to realize how much my stuff was weighing me down. And the day that happened, I knew it was time for a change. That day, it was like I had new eyeballs in my head. I looked around my house and thought: are you kidding me? Where did I get all this crap? What IS all this stuff? It started innocently enough, by noticing the lovely candle holders I didn't use, and continued with the picture frames I never really liked but used because they were functional. Then I looked at the furniture I had had for years. Wow. Suddenly, my new eyeballs kept seeing shelves and drawers and closets and ROOMS full of stuff that, like flipping a switch, changed from harmless items to big, heavy anchors. And then I looked inside my closets. YIKES! A dress wasn't just a dress: it was a remembrance of who I was with, what happened, how I felt.. all the stories I told myself around a dress. The time I wore that dress to that event and that happened. Just looking at those dresses with my new eyes drained and exhausted me. Would I even want to wear that again? No. As I let go of my clothes, and my knickknacks, and my furniture, energetically I also let go of all my attachments around those things. The weight of all of that stuff was crushing, and I didn't even realize how much I was being crushed! And then <POOF> it was gone. Bags and bags and BAGS were filled. Schlep was called. The Salvation Army guys got to know me. . My nephew got furniture, dishes and kitchen items for his frat house. My sisters got clothes and accessories. My nieces got purses, dress up dresses, jewelry... And I lost a ton of emotional weight. ------------ ©Catherine Borowski 2017 www.celebratingwealth.com
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