It's freeing. I try to convert people all the time, but humans are surprisingly attached to their stuff.
Secretly, I would LOVE to be a professional de-clutterer. Getting to throw people's crap away would be exhilarating. This is how I feel when I chuck something into the trash:
"You don't need this ratty sweatshirt from high school."
"But I like it."
"But you don't neeeeed it."
*Tosses it smugly into the trash*
*Gets beat up*
The only sentimental thing that I keep is notes from people. If you write me something even just mildly personal and kind, I will keep it.
On the flip side, I am also a tightwad. So the things I do keep, I use sparingly. My mind has decided that there is some special occasion coming up in the future that I need to save my nice things for. What that special occasion is, my mind has yet to inform me. Usually this applies to perfume and nice shoes, things that will either run out or get worn out if I use them too frequently.
When there is a special occasion that I might use my nice things for, I usually forget to use them. I buy perfume and because I worry about it running out, I don't use it. So it's essentially like I don't have perfume. WHICH IS THE PROBLEM THAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID IN THE FIRST PLACE. Sometimes I really don't think that I raised my brain.
Even though we live in a world of scarcity (thank you Econ 110 and Dr. Kearl) I am trying to live abundantly. Not wastefully, but abundantly.
I've realized that each moment can be a special occasion because "this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure" - Oprah Winfrey
Cheesy, but true.
So my advice is this: use the dang perfume and then throw the bottle away.
And here's more Soul Train because there are few things greater in this world. The last one is my personal favorite.
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