Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wishing I were Good at De-Junking

For some people, de-junking feels good.  I know this cuz I hear them say, "doesn't it feel good to get rid of all that stuff."  For me, it does not feel good.  It hurts.  It is painful.   But I'm thinking it hurts like surgery.  Initially, really painful, but in the end much better and healthier over all, right?

I am cleaning out an old office closet today and I'm trying to chuck out a slew of old college papers/notebooks/binders.  It is practically killing me.  I could seriously use a coach, "you can do this, you can do this!"  I just found a binder full of papers from my first "organization" class I took 13 years ago at Wymount.  And ya know what?  I chucked those papers in the recycle.  My teacher would be proud of me!

How about you?  Does de-junking come easily for you or is it a "required surgery"?  And why do you think that is?  Is it in out DNA, the way we saw it modeled when we were raised? 
You tell me!


****Addendum!  I just found a true treasure in the closet!  Read about it here.

2 comments:

Christy Dyer said...

The average american family of 4 collects 2000 lbs a year and brings it into their home. If you don't watch what you bring in....you get a fat house that needs to be put on a diet! I can't believe how good it feels to have a skinny home now. As we are moving out to rent it while we are on our mission, we have sensibly dejunked. Of course, I'm a saver of sentimental things, but I have learned to take a picture of some of them. Then the item stores smaller. See my blog a few weeks ago. It is a huge relief! I am happy to store my stuff at DI or Good will and go and get it when I need it

onehm said...

I am NOT good at it (yet) but I am one of those people that feels really good when it's over!! :)
And I have had a terrible teacher in my parents...they save EVERYTHING!!!