Guilt – what’s that?
Well, alright. Guilt comes in two forms, not one where clutter is concerned. The second form is that of guilt for throwing away perfectly good things that you spent money on, especially when there are so many starving people in the world. I’ll tell you now that that kind of attitude isn’t going to get your house decluttered. And that’s what you want to do. Let’s face it. You can’t feed all those people who are starving by keeping unwanted clutter (and vermin) in your house. You can’t even help them by feeling bad about the whole thing. There are only two things you can do to stop this kind of guilt and the first one involves donating to charity. But donating to charity doesn’t mean that you can rid of all your old and unusable items and salve your conscience that way. They are a charity, not a dump yard. So salvage what usable items that you can and give them to charity, and the rest I’m afraid you will have to toss out on its ears. The other way that I was talking about to help all those poor starving people is to STOP BUYING! The whole reason you’re in this mess is because you’re a pack rat, and knowing this if you go around buying stuff, you will only be adding to your problems, not detracting from them. And this is where the sentimentality comes in. You buy all these things, (mostly great bargains!), then you form an attachment to them, which in turn leads you to store them in your home for years and years. You form attachments to all of these unwanted items and then when you need to declutter your house, you find that you can’t let go of it. This applies to just about every ratty thing that you own which you just can’t let go of. You know that you haven’t used it for years, you know that the good years have gone out of it, and you know that you will never again use it in this lifetime, but you still hang on to it. And when it comes time to get rid of them you stop, take a good long look at it and put it away again as if it was the most precious item in your house. Why? Because you felt that tug of nostalgia and sentiment, and you felt like the worst kind of traitor for even thinking about throwing it away. After all, it has memories and you don’t want to throw away your memories. What you’re not realizing is that your memories won’t go away just because you throw something away. It will stay with you as long as you live and besides, when was the last time that you looked at these things to bring back your memories? So if you want to declutter your home you will first of all need to let go of the sentimentality and the guilt. Once you get rid of these two attachments you will then be able to proceed full speed ahead to achieve your goal of decluttering your home, and in the process, your life as well. Don’t become distracted |
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