A warm greeting to all my dear friends of this beautiful community, I am glad to be able to come back here again, this time to tell you a little more about myself and about something that has been engraved in my mind since I was a little girl until now, it is a simple but powerful phrase that makes everyone who hears it reflect:
"If something has been sitting in your closet for more than 6 months without being worn, it's time to let it go".
I always grew up with this idea in my head, however, it has been a little bit difficult to apply it in my own life. Let me tell you how this idea came about and how it has influenced some members of my family so far.
Since I was little, my house was full of different things, although we were never taught to go through life wanting expensive things or excesses, at home we always kept things that could be used later and so, little by little some things were accumulated in some places of the house, always with the idea that those things could be repaired later or that maybe they would be needed at another time, however a member of my family thought very differently, my older brother, he always tried to reduce the amount of things that were there, whenever he could and sometimes without us noticing it.
Although sometimes my parents asked him why, the truth is that they never scolded him because they knew he was absolutely right to do so, so many things overwhelmed him and the truth is that all the other members of the family also felt that way, little by little he threw away many things, until after some time he formed his own family, got married and moved house, however, every time he visited us he did the same, he threw away things that he was sure we would not need anymore.
He always used the phrase with which I started my post, "If something that is in your closet stored for more than 6 months without being used, it's time to let it go" this not only applied with clothes, but with anything else, I do not know if it is a phrase invented by him or if he learned it from somewhere, What I do know is that it has logic, if something was not needed in all that time is something that probably will never be needed again and he has it very clear, to the point that his house transmits peace, by the order, cleanliness and also because he does not have many things at home, but the necessary.
This is something that I like about him, I know that the excess of things causes a lot of emotional discomfort and because of that I have taken many measures in my life, but also sometimes I get emotionally attached to things, sometimes a piece of clothing reminds me of someone or a special moment. But sometimes, also thinking that I will be able to lose weight and I will be able to wear again a certain pair of pants that I like and that I haven't managed to wear for several years, definitely being reasonable that just collects dust!
Although it is hard for me to apply it in my life, I do understand its importance and it is something I plan to keep working on, because I consider that it is fundamental to have a peaceful life, to learn to let go of certain things, either emotional or material. How have I done it so far? A few months ago my mother-in-law had a garage sale at her house and told us that we could take some things that we were no longer using, at home she had an excessive amount of clothes.
In the pandemic we stopped using clothes and shoes, it was two years that we had kept all those clothes, that little by little we saw due to the humidity of the area in which our house is, our shoes were damaged little by little, no matter that we kept them clean, they were wearing out and without even using them, we talked about it and convinced by my husband we decided to sell what we were not using in the garage sale of his mother, because in the same way not using it was only going to deteriorate more.
As I said I get emotionally attached to some things, mainly clothes, normally something simple like a garment from when I was a child or my niece when she was little, I treasured it, especially after she moved away from me, but this, I noticed was causing the closet in our house to fill up and nothing else would fit. In the end, surprisingly the closet was left with 4 clothes to go out for my husband and 5 for me, plus pajamas and clothes to be at home, at first I felt strange to see the closet empty, but little by little I got used to it. Things that are not used and are kept, usually end up getting damaged, it is always better for someone else to give them a better use. And you, what do you have at home that you have not used in more than 6 months?
