hadn't really considered the "outta here purge" from that point of view. What criteria would an item need to make my life amazing enough to keep it? And hey...who doesn't want to wake up to amazing everyday?
It would have to bring a sense of beauty, enhancing whatever we were keeping it for. Out of all those
tablecloths, wineglasses and dishes, I kept what made me feel as if I was dining in France, Mexico or Napa.The memories of each spot are amazing to recall and relive if only for a moment or two while eating, relaxing on the deck, or just sitting in the cabinet between uses.
I hauled these glasses back from Cabo San Lucas two years ago. I packed a smaller suitcase and put it in an empty larger suitcase just so I could purchase them. I love them!
It would have to make life easier, taking up no guilt space in my mind. I just downsized from a huge
crockpot to a tiny one. The huge crock pot held 20 pork chops at a time. Thick cut. I ain't kidding when
I say it was Duggar family size. The new one holds only four chops. They are currently crocking away as I write. Oddly enough, I was still cooking for a family of six without realizing it.
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It has to give me some joy. I like painting, reading, music...so it stands to reason, I will keep some of
those things. Pinterest helps, I can hoard digitally, it takes up no space and the pictures are pretty. Magazines were always a great temptation for me, I love pretty pictures. I take a lot of photos these days and look at them for awhile and then delete them. The object was mine for a short while and that is enough.
It has to be something I won't go into rigor mortis over if I am somehow forced to part with it.. This means I must step away from the attachment phase of acquisitions. This is probably the hardest to overcome. I am not my possessions, they do not make me whole...my new mantra!
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