The BIG power of less…
Posted in Keep it Simple on 27. Nov, 2011
I am exhausted…
Having just moved house I forgot just how much work it really is. But more importantly, how much power ‘stuff’ really can have over us.
And guess what – I am not very much of a hoarder. No storage area or garage. I often move things on I am not using like clothes, furniture, things in the kitchen. I have to live a little more compact based on apartment living. So I thought I was doing pretty well. In fact I have been in BIG de-clutter mode for the last year or so as a personal experiment on the joy of living with less – not missing out, just simpler.
More peaceful.
But even with all these attempts at simplicity, I still managed to fill about 70 boxes. How does that happen? Where did it all come from. And how was I going to unpack it all at the other end?
Are you carting around too much stuff?!?!
So that leaves 20 boxes. I almost want to forget they even exist. I have been surviving without them just fine!
Here is what I know. Stuff can get in the way of the life you could be living. My stuff is not who I am. It is not my past or my future. It is not my memories – even though there are some amazing things worth keeping like photos – as long as I have the space to enjoy them – that’s what they are meant for afterall.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE stuff. I just don’t want it to have power over me. I don’t want to live through my stuff. I want to enjoy it. Cherish it. Use it. And when I am done with it, make room for new stuff that makes my heart sing.
For this much I am sure about. I don’t miss out with less stuff. It’s just the opposite. I have more time, more space, more peace (oh and more money too!!), and I can experience life in all it’s greatness without having to climb over a mountains worth of stuff first…
LIVES OF A WOMAN. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Shine Brightly, Live lightly
Elli J xx
