Even if it’s just guilt, frustration or procrastination.Īnd you can release those emotions too through physical purging. But chances are, if you are holding on to any amount of clutter, you probably have some kind of emotions attached to it. You may not have had a string of traumatic events in your life (I can only hope you haven’t!) or even any yet if you’re lucky. Which I’m pretty sure my passed loved ones would want for me anyway. I realized that I didn’t need to hold on to them, in order to hold on to the memories and love that I had for the person they were attached to.Īnd I realized that the sooner I was ready to really let these things go, the sooner I could be living a freer, healthier, happier and more stress-free life. And not the actual person or place that I was missing. I realized that those things were just that – things. Plus, I had a pretty significant realization during those moments of going through my more sentimental items. But even then, it was emotion that I needed to feel and release, so I could finally move on. Like the day that I went through TOO much at once and had a bit of a grief meltdown that night. In fact, I think that’s why God orchestrated all of this stuff in my life to happen at the same time. I think I was just in a good place to actually be able to handle those feelings and more importantly, I was ready to be done with them and let them go. But instead of pushing them down or distracting myself (like I would have in the past), I actually let myself feel them. Seeing things that reminded me of my mom, my dad, old friendships, my ex or even my dog that had passed away, obviously brought up a lot of feelings. One thing I never would’ve expected though, was how my downsizing and de-cluttering process would play into my physical healing too.īecause as I went through tons of old possessions – photos, keepsakes, clothes, jewelry, books, journals – all kinds of things with sentimental value and memories attached, I was FORCED to go through my emotional junk too. Slowly but surely, I could feel the new routines starting to make a difference. I ended up with advanced adrenal fatigue (hence the myriad of symptoms I was experiencing) and had to start some serious lifestyle changes to start healing – things like cleaning up my diet, going to bed at a decent time and sleeping until 9, taking naps, meditating and doing neuromuscular exercises. Needless to say, it was a LOT to process.Īnd as it turns out, I guess my body didn’t process it all too well. Then, the final blow came in September 2013, when my mom (who was also my BFF) passed away after a six-month battle with cancer. I also had a surgery, dental work, long work hours, a hostile work environment and a poor diet at that time, which I didn’t know mattered… but it did. I started having trouble sleeping, had major GI issues, headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations and worst of all, debilitating fatigue that made it difficult for me to even get through a regular day. Then there was a short period of time where I thought things were getting better… but during that time, my health started to plummet out of the blue. On a side note, my father and my ex-fiancé were very much alike, so needless to say, it did a number on me mentally to “lose” them both at the same time. Then, right when I finally got up the nerve to finally leave for good, my father passed away. So every day, day in and day out, I was living at the absolute max of my adrenaline. It’s one of those things that you think will never happen to you, yet there I was, in an abusive relationship for just under four years. See, I had been through quite a slew of traumatic events over the course of about four years.įirst, I was in a relationship that was emotionally (and at times, physically) abusive. How purging my physical stuff ended up helping me to purge a lot of emotional stuff too. I think I had really come to a point where I wanted to make a major shift in my lifestyle and my perspective on life, so once I decided that, there was no turning back!īut, one thing did end up surprising me about my de-cluttering process. The funny thing was, at no point during my downsizing journey, did I feel scared or freaked out at the stuff I was getting rid of. So, as my house was being built a few hours away, I took on the task of going through ALL of my life’s belongings and narrowing it down as much as possible. I had become enraptured with the idea of tiny houses after watching the documentary, “Tiny,” on Netflix and had been making plans for my own tiny house ever since. To move into a 160 square foot tiny house. When I decided to get rid of 80% of my belongings and majorly downsize my life, it was for a specific reason. This is a guest post by Jenn of Live a F.A.S.T Life
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