Are you noticing the feeling of being hemmed in by the paper piles in your office?
Are you feeling weighted down each visit to the sock drawer, thinking you really need to go through and cull?
Do you feel tied up in knots every time you go through the junk drawer looking for something, and say to yourself, "I REALLY need to get it together and organize this someday!"
All these sensations, which have thoughts and feelings attached to them, are signs it is time to Take Out the Trash! Just like our trash bins get full and need to be emptied, so too do we need to empty out the bins overflowing in our subconscious. Enough holding on to past purchases that once brought so much joy, but now feel tired and a burden to your psyche, getting shuffled from one corner pocket to another, or current purchases that are past deadlines of being returned, that just didn’t quite work out, bogging you down. Or a hobby that seemed so right for you over 5 years ago, but now feels like it’s holding your inner closet captive?
Remember! One person’s trash is another person’s treasure! This is the truth! Tending to those unwanted items that have lost their luster to you, just might be the perfect find for someone else:) To clear the decks over the course of the next couple of months is such a great gift to give to yourself! The darkest time of the year, but also the precursor to moving back towards the cycles of new growth and fresh designs that are being stoked in the quiet stillness of Winter right now.
My call to action to you is to take 30 seconds for yourself right now, relaxing your jaw, your face, your neck, your shoulders, your heart, breathing and then relaxing your chest, your gut, your belly button, your pelvis, and fully become present in the here and now. Take another deep breath, feeling the freedom and spaciousness available to you right now and ask yourself, what is one area in my home that I am ready right now, to go through and let go of anything that is no longer either serving my future self or bringing me joy and satisfaction?
Grab a go bag, maybe one your aren't really attached to, and take the next 15 minutes in the drawer, closet, or area of your house that comes to mind, filling up your bag with items you know are still viable for another. Give yourself permission to let it go. All of it. The joy that once was, the frustration of all that could have been. Let it all go, all the while having appreciation for all that it has brought to you or didn't! That's ok. Plenty is here and now.
For me, I chose to go through my yarn and my handbags in my closet. I used to love crocheting and still do in theory, but other interests have taken over that space in my life, and I don't feel jazzed up about the craft like I used to. So I gathered up remaining skeins never used, and leftover balls from projects, and placed them in the handbags that just don't do anything for me anymore. Yeah, they were expensive, but didn't sell on FB marketplace months ago, so here we are. Time to let that stuck energy inside me, winding my ability to envision too tight, be FREE.
Last step, put it in your car and on your next errand out, swing by your local donation spot and drop it off, keeping in mind as you hand it over to a live person or drop it in a self service donation bin, that one person's "trash" is another person's "treasure" and someone is going to be so stoked to receive what you are giving away:) ...I will be popping by Legacy in Sebastopol. Such a great resource for dropping off craft supplies. One of my favorite places to donate nearby that supports the local senior center.:)
Today is the Day!