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Unhappy May 01, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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That can be a powerful reason to feel you have to hang on to things. Sometimes we keep a thing because we feel the peron who gave it would be hurt, if we didn't. That might be reason enough to keep a thing. But ask yourself if that is really true about each item you no longer really want. Usually, it isn't.

I'm very sentimental myself. It can be a struggle to balance that with being practical. Here's how I look at it: Clutter is like rocks in a backpack that I have to lug around. After a certain point, I get tired of "stuff" ruling my life. Every item I own requires a certain amount of maintenance. There is a limit to how much of my time and attention I want to devote to curating stuff. I've got better things to do. So have you.

You have made progress. Keep going, even a little bit at a time. It adds up. You'll like the result. Letting go of something that was given to you does not mean you've stopped loving the giver.
Sounds like me being afraid of hurting someone feelings.

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Sounds like me being afraid of hurting someone feelings.
I understand. You sound like someone with a sensitive nature and a caring heart.
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Everytime i add something i throw something away
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I understand. You sound like someone with a sensitive nature and a caring heart.
that is true

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Dear Diary today will be different today I can smile it will be genuine because today is the day I get to live.

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Everytime i add something i throw something away
great advice

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Today I decided organizing my dresser and :chess D

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This life will be good and beautiful, but not without heartbreak.

In death come peace. But pain is the cost of living.

Like love, it's how we know we're alive.

And life goes on.

That my life weird, messy, complicated, sad, wonderful, amazing, and above all epic and I owe all to Stephen. - Eleanor Gilbert Vampire Diaries
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