To Ditch or Not to Ditch?

Today I unpacked 18 boxes of clothes, books, pictures, decorations, and other odds and ends.  Over the past 5 years I have managed to accumulate a lot.  I didn't think it was much, but when I ran out of space in the cube van while moving, it was confirmed.  Don't get me wrong, I am not a pack-rat.  I just find it hard to part with things that have been part of my past.  


"THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF MY PAST"


All I had to do was write it and it changes how I feel about "things."  I am going to make five confessions, and then I am going to go do something about each to "clear some space."

Colombia Year 2 

CONFESSIONS

• I own over 50 pair of shoes (10 pair are running shoes)
• I haven't put photos in an album for over five years
• My favorite "spaces" have been my second and third years Colombia
• I own too many clothes (and I just got rid of 4 garbage bags full)



Colombia Year 3

• Having too much stuff stresses me out

ACTION

• Get rid of 10 pairs of shoes
• Make album files on computer to print 
• Take some inspiration from them in creating my new space
• If I haven't worn it in a year - it's out 
• Do power yoga sequence and stop thinking about "stuff"

There we have it ... the answer to my question!  Ditch it is!

Next we will work on ditching the the emotional baggage.  Do I really have any? I will ask my internal sweepers and see what they come back with.  Oh wait, they are laughing!

Peace out, I am off to purge!