I don't know about you, but sometimes I hold on to things that are serving no useful purpose for much longer than I should. For some reason, I'm hesitant to get rid of the stapler that hasn't stapled in five years.
The lacy jacket from my youthful disco days that won't fit me again in this lifetime. University textbooks from over three decades ago.
Outdated ideas about whether size and weight matter (they don't). People I've outgrown.
Expectations of others that I hold on to that only harm my heart. Some days I'm paralyzed by the number of extraneous things in my life, and I feel the world closing in on me.
When I can't hear or see clearly because of all the noise and clutter, I know it's time to start turfing out elements of my life that are weighing me down. Self-care guru Cheryl Richardson shares, "If you eliminate what no longer works, you illuminate what does." What a brilliant concept.