Letting Go

  I admire those who are neat by nature. I would not consider myself a hoarder but I can often be the queen of clutter.
   The crazy part of holding on to some things too long is that it can be depressing looking at them instead of  nostalgic.  I find it can be hard to maintain that balance of what to hold on to and what not to.
    The good part is that when I finally tidy up and get rid of excess momentous I find I never miss what I have discarded.
      I read Marie Kondo's book about tidying up. It has some good suggestions but I think that everyone has to create his/her own tidying strategies.
       With possessions less really is more. It really is more tranquil . I am not suggesting to live like a pauper but if you have too much stuff you may never be able to find ANY of your treasures because you have too much stuff.

echos of the past

lately i've been attempting to chip away at the clutter in my apartment. its time consuming and weird. when i flip through old papers and find old receipts its eerie. i spent this much on that three years ago?  scar-ry . i've gone through old greeting cards that i have saved from relatives who have passed away. its heartwarming to read them but hard to throw away . it would have been easier to have thrown them out years ago when i still had the possibility of receiving another card from them.
rifling through clutter is also frustrating. no matter how much i toss it still seems like a mess. then again its kind of like weight gain and weight  loss. it takes awhile to accumulate and just as long to get rid of.                                         all of the purging of clutter i have been doing lately has had an impact on my spending habits. the more stuff i buy the more i have to reorganize and toss later so i haven't been buying as much stuff.