How do you minimise your stuff?

My daughter just moved out....and im going thru shelves.

I have so many things that bring memories.
I dont know how to go about deleting stuff

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Punxi · F

Maybe your houseful of treasured memories doesn’t need to be reduced....only distilled.
You keep the love, release the clutter, and carry forward what still tells the truth of who you are.

🤔

OogieBoogie · F

@Punxi that's a nice thought.🤗

But i have always has this fuzzy image in my head what i wanted my house to look like.

Between raising kids, having a controlling ex, and being caugjt up in the chaos of the everyday....it never happened.
It just organically got cluttered, collected.... held onto.

I never seemed to get round to doing me.

Now i finally have time🤗

This may not be my house but....well ...i want it as close to that fuzzy ideal as i can get it.

Even if it is decades late.

I want to come home to serenity and calm.
Not this bogged up, too much, dusty chaos.
Ive kept too much.
Hung on too tight.

I want clarity and space.
A little bit of witch, a splash of nature, (maybe a smidge of nostalgia).

I dont think its healthy to keep everything.
Its about .... moving on, letting go.
And like you said....just keeping the distilled love.

Im just shit at distilling 😂

Punxi · F

@OogieBoogie [never seemed to get round to doing me.

Now i finally have time]

That in an of itself is a beautiful thing.

All of it

And I get it. Lived in a shoebox all though school. Graduated, relocated 3000 miles away and brought only my clothes and a laptop....a few book.

Still working on my fuzzy ideal...but this has definitely insipered me.

I hope it all becomes crystal clear for you.

😊