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April 30, 2018:
It is 2:30 am on a Monday night, yes, a week night and I am wide awake. This doesn't happen so often as I am a morning person. Every morning, I wake up at 5 am as I like to start early. Last couple of days have been different! Well, last few months have been different. and I will tell you why!
This is now a common story in general, but for me, this was new. I recently moved houses and was overwhelmed with everything we own. We are two people who own a village worth of stuff. I never realized that we had become this materialistic over the last 4-5 years of our lives. It was almost depressing and embarrassing to see how much we owned and how little we used.
It took me ages to arrange and organize my home, I am also obsessively organized. It was stressful and expensive to find storage options and solutions for everything we owned. And I started to day dream about a lifestyle where we only own things we use and need. This is also quite subjective! Needs are different for different people.
I also didn't want to act impulsively and throw away everything only to buy it again. Which happens! Trust me!
So I made an exhaustive list! of things we own. It was even more shocking and I felt a sense of shame to realize how materialistic I had become. nuf said!
Its 2 weeks later and I have great news. I have now painstakingly discarded, sold, or donated things I don't need or use. This has been a process that took hours and days. Its not that long, is it? What took longer was the thought process. I now feel relieved, stress-free and happy! Cleaning and maintaining my home is no longer a time taking task. I spend more time cooking, which I love, reading- love love love and many other things which I had no time for before!
I urge you to give this a thought as it has brought a lot of mental peace and joy to my household!
Signing out for now.
M
It is 2:30 am on a Monday night, yes, a week night and I am wide awake. This doesn't happen so often as I am a morning person. Every morning, I wake up at 5 am as I like to start early. Last couple of days have been different! Well, last few months have been different. and I will tell you why!
This is now a common story in general, but for me, this was new. I recently moved houses and was overwhelmed with everything we own. We are two people who own a village worth of stuff. I never realized that we had become this materialistic over the last 4-5 years of our lives. It was almost depressing and embarrassing to see how much we owned and how little we used.
It took me ages to arrange and organize my home, I am also obsessively organized. It was stressful and expensive to find storage options and solutions for everything we owned. And I started to day dream about a lifestyle where we only own things we use and need. This is also quite subjective! Needs are different for different people.
I also didn't want to act impulsively and throw away everything only to buy it again. Which happens! Trust me!
So I made an exhaustive list! of things we own. It was even more shocking and I felt a sense of shame to realize how materialistic I had become. nuf said!
Its 2 weeks later and I have great news. I have now painstakingly discarded, sold, or donated things I don't need or use. This has been a process that took hours and days. Its not that long, is it? What took longer was the thought process. I now feel relieved, stress-free and happy! Cleaning and maintaining my home is no longer a time taking task. I spend more time cooking, which I love, reading- love love love and many other things which I had no time for before!
I urge you to give this a thought as it has brought a lot of mental peace and joy to my household!
Signing out for now.
M
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