What are you hanging on to? Maybe it's time to purge...declutter.
I've been in a purging mode lately.
I'm in the "in between" right now...in between the lull and the next thing and for some reason, I feel really compelled to declutter. As I do, I can't help but notice the things that I've hung on to for many years.
Evidence of who I used to be. The person I'm not anymore.
The rediscovery of the previous versions of me who have culminated in the current version of me. I say current version because I fully intend on evolving and growing as long as I have breath in my body.
I open one drawer and find a handful of running medals from my half marathons and I smile. I think, wow, that's not who I am anymore. They went into the pile.
It made me stop and think...
Why do we hang on to things that no longer represent "us"? Nostalgia perhaps. Seeing those running medals brought me back, that's for sure...but do I miss that time or wish I could go back? Nope. Not even for a second.
And of course, you know me, it's never about the "things" is it? It's much more than that. It's about your mindset, or the ideas you have about yourself or, the identities you put on other people that might have been true at one time...or at least you thought they were. But now, they're not. You've outgrown them, you've changed and maybe...quite possibly...so have they? Yet, for some reason, you hang on.
I get it. Letting go is hard...purging is hard...and the funny thing about purging is...it feels so cathartic. It feels good to let go of those things that no longer represent who you are anymore.
So this is about you (and me!) touching base with the "things" that we're hanging on to. The things that need to be released. The clutter.
Maybe for you it's that drawer of old socks that you need to go through. Were those socks really lucky?
Or, is it something more significant? The way you're holding on to an idea, a story you've created in your head about something...possibly a mindset that's holding you back?
Is it time to declutter?
Are you ready?
Let's get to it...
Your challenge...
Are you ready to declutter? Remember it doesn't have to be a "big thing".
It could be literal purging, going through drawers and cupboards and closets...we're in between seasons after all. Getting rid of those things that you no longer use or the things you've kept for years, because you thought, "one day I might wear this again"...even though the last time you wore it was 10 years ago.
If it's not time to do the physical purge, maybe for you it's a way of thinking where you could use a "decluttering" exercise.
Assessing a current situation where your mindset doesn't seem to be useful anymore and asking these two questions:
Does this way of thinking still represent who I am?
Checking in because sometimes the mindset you have has been influenced by someone else.
Does this way of thinking represent how I want to move forward?
Once you identify whose mindset you've been carrying around, making the decision to keep it or "bin" it.
Let those questions guide you because the answers that pop-up for you aren't random. They're clues for you to let you know what you're next best step is. Even if it's tossing something in the bin. It's symbolic. It's cathartic.
And if it's your mindset that could use a shift...reach out...I'm really good at what I do.
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Cheers,
Ann
What are you hanging on to?