For those following along on my Instagram, you know I’ve been doing a major clutter purge. We are adding a guest suite in our basement and thus losing most of our storage space (thrilling for me—truly), so most of our stored items need to go.
Decluttering, or “editing” as the pros say, stirs up a lot of emotions. Guilt for accumulating so many things you don’t use, pain over the sunk cost of these items, memories made and attached to inanimate objects, agony over the environmental impact of the waste you create.
If you need to do a huge edit, I recommend not worrying about where items will end up — at least initially. This can inhibit your ability to let go. So just don’t worry about it for now. And sometimes, the right thing is to just drop it all off at Goodwill or the dump and never look back. So please don’t feel guilt if this is what you need to do in order to move forward.
But if you have the fortitude to funnel items to specific new homes, it can be extra satisfying. The dopami…
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