(This actually reminds me of a line from one of my dad's favorite movies, in which they quote Thoreau: "Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify" - but I digress.)
Based on experience, simplifying by getting rid of old things no longer needed, donating clothes no longer worn, shedding the excess, etc. is one of the greatest cathartic actions a person can do. But, for some reason, it is (usually) anything but simple to accomplish.
For example, when I moved from Arizona, I made a lot of trips to Goodwill and also some trips across town to give some stuff away - there was absolutely no possible way all my belongings were going to pack neatly (or not so neatly) into my little Honda Civic. And I wouldn't have wanted it all to. Because, you know what, it felt good to get rid of stuff. In fact, it felt so good that I vowed I'd never buy new things again.
(That worked out well. Um, or not...)
Somehow the collection of clothes, school-related materials, and other odds-and-ends keeps growing.
And it comes to the point where I wonder why I have so much junk.
And it makes me ask, Could I get by with less?
Anne Morrow Lindbergh begs that very question - Is it necessary?
It's times like this when I look around and realize just how much stuff I have, that I really consider doing what this following quote suggests:
No, really, I'm not even kidding.
Because it would be completely worth it.
However, I don't think that's likely to happen any time soon, so until then, I'll be looking to simplify my life in other ways - one Goodwill donation bag at a time...
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