Letting Go
I was reading Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I wasn't even half-way through the book because sometimes I feel like it's scolding me. To be able to achieve success in de-cluttering your home I must go through deep meditation and reflection. The lazy person I am, I always put off that part until yesterday. I didn't go through a one-sitting kind of reflection. It was sort of a collection of thoughts I had in the past weeks and just materialized it yesterday.
The major things that I really have to let go of are those things our family no longer uses. These things have sentimental value to me but practicality wise they just gather dust and rot out in the storage. So I rearrange things first until I'm completely convinced to let go of these special things to me.
The first thing on the list is the baby stroller with an infant car seat. I don't know to whom I'll give this to so I just cleaned our room bit by bit until I remembered that down our street lives our neighbor who just gave birth. I don't want to sound offensive (because for some it may come of as an unsolicited help) so instead of going there carrying the stroller, I knocked first and asked if they would want to get it. They happily accepted it! Before parting ways with this stroller, I whispered "Thank you!" It's a thing but it served its great purpose for 7 years! My 3 girls were carried by this awesome stroller! It was a gift from my college friends who became my firstborn's godmothers that's why it has so much value for me. But off it should go to serve its purpose to other babies. I'm glad I've handed it down to those who can actually use it!
Next on my list are the 3 kiddie tricycles we had. It's basically rotting in the storage so I really want to send these off too. My girls weren't fans of riding bicycles but when my second daughter saw them being carried off by another neighbor, she felt sad. To ease her broken heart I just told her that I'll get her a new bike soon! She easily forgot the old tricycles!
When I came back inside our house, I realized that I still have a few baby things I can let go also. These are the baby carrier, infant mosquito net, and a net bed for baby shower. Guess who got these? Yes, our neighbor who just gave birth!
Letting go of material things in our lives can be hard. We attach a lot of memories on these things even if they don't serve their purpose in our lives anymore. That's why having a reflection, a moment of silence to think about these things, is very valuable in coming up with a decision. I thought of the memories I had with the baby things I just handed over to our neighbors and what are their real purpose. In the end, I realized that I can't keep them forever. When I finally let them go, it gave me more space (physically and mentally) for new ideas and new plans in life.
The major things that I really have to let go of are those things our family no longer uses. These things have sentimental value to me but practicality wise they just gather dust and rot out in the storage. So I rearrange things first until I'm completely convinced to let go of these special things to me.
The first thing on the list is the baby stroller with an infant car seat. I don't know to whom I'll give this to so I just cleaned our room bit by bit until I remembered that down our street lives our neighbor who just gave birth. I don't want to sound offensive (because for some it may come of as an unsolicited help) so instead of going there carrying the stroller, I knocked first and asked if they would want to get it. They happily accepted it! Before parting ways with this stroller, I whispered "Thank you!" It's a thing but it served its great purpose for 7 years! My 3 girls were carried by this awesome stroller! It was a gift from my college friends who became my firstborn's godmothers that's why it has so much value for me. But off it should go to serve its purpose to other babies. I'm glad I've handed it down to those who can actually use it!
Next on my list are the 3 kiddie tricycles we had. It's basically rotting in the storage so I really want to send these off too. My girls weren't fans of riding bicycles but when my second daughter saw them being carried off by another neighbor, she felt sad. To ease her broken heart I just told her that I'll get her a new bike soon! She easily forgot the old tricycles!
When I came back inside our house, I realized that I still have a few baby things I can let go also. These are the baby carrier, infant mosquito net, and a net bed for baby shower. Guess who got these? Yes, our neighbor who just gave birth!
Letting go of material things in our lives can be hard. We attach a lot of memories on these things even if they don't serve their purpose in our lives anymore. That's why having a reflection, a moment of silence to think about these things, is very valuable in coming up with a decision. I thought of the memories I had with the baby things I just handed over to our neighbors and what are their real purpose. In the end, I realized that I can't keep them forever. When I finally let them go, it gave me more space (physically and mentally) for new ideas and new plans in life.
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