How many of us take time periodically to declutter and get rid of stuff we don't need? It has been a while I did so but has been something on my mind for a while. For me it is the sheer energy required to select and get rid of stuff that I currently lack. The solution is to be more conscious about accumulating stuff I don't require rather than trying to get rid of them. For many of us we're trapped in a vicious circle of mindless consumerism where we just pile up things that we don't use, and are difficult to get rid of.
This piling up of even more stuff can be very tricky. It seems useful at first then it becomes difficult to stop piling once it outlives its usefulness. I wonder how much culture plays a role in all this, or is it just in our innate nature as humans to keep aspiring towards even more things. What is even more troubling is the difficulty in getting rid of what we've accumulated. It just seems like too much work sometimes for me. I look at my clothes for instance and even though they are surplus to requirement, the stress of where to donate them sometimes has left me with property i simply do not need.
Junk is a term we need to define properly and early enough. Someone said if it isn't used in the past year then there's a likelihood that it fits that category. How many things do we have that we haven't used in the past year? I certainly have more than a few and need even more urgency in getting rid of them. I think we tend to overestimate the importance of having more stuff that what we actually require. Modern materialism has somehow equated hapineess with the accumulation of more. It is false, as many who have tended this pursuit come to find out. It also doesn't mean that we should feel bad for wanting the best or latest, just to put things always in perspective.
Accumulating the right things once we define them is also quite important. For instance, compounding on experience or finance buffers for the winter is wisdom and not being wasteful. Growing our Hive accounts is also wisdom, rather than falling for the temptation to liquidate prematurely. It is certainly important to fill the gap left should we get rid of the things of lesser value.