get rid of unnecessary possessions

I got a new purse, so I threw the old one out. It was a great feeling. It makes me feel like getting rid of more things.

Took another entire bag out to the trash and another load of stuff down to the consignment shop. I’m working on this goal at the same time my mom is trying to achieve this goal for herself. I’m going to make Tuesday my “take it away” day and try to get rid of at least a box or bag of stuff by every Tuesday. That way I’ll have room to spread out and maybe even set up an easel for drawing.

When I chose this goal, I knew it was a good goal and one that would help me a lot to achieve. I just didn’t realize how difficult it would be! If I had more time to devote to it, I’m sure I’d be doing a lot better than I am right now. Being able to work on this for only a few hours at a time is hard, but I’m feeling more motivated right now, so that should help.

I’ve made up a mantra to help me with this goal. I ask myself:
Would I rather have this item in my life, or would I rather let it go so that something new can take its place?
The something new doesn’t have to be a material possession and most of the time I’m hoping it’s not.
This is helping me to put my life into perspective and see how truly important, or not, my material possessions are to me. The memories are more important than the possessions and the more I remind myself of that, the easier this gets.

I just took a small box of clothes to the second-hand store and opened an account there. Now I can really start weeding my wardrobe since I’ve got a place to take the good items.