Successful Decluttering — Allow Yourself To Let Go of These 4 Things

“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” Marie Kondo

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When you’re decluttering, indecision can strike at any moment, as you discover:

• a doll that your grown-up daughter used to love playing with
• a holiday souvenir that’s been kept at the back of a cupboard
• a broken clock that belonged to your late father
• a beautifully bound hardback book given to you by a dear friend.

Many thoughts and emotions come to the surface as you hold things like these in your hands. Your normal thought processes seem to be overwhelmed, and you stand rooted to the stop, paralyzed with indecision.

When indecision strikes, see if the item in question falls into one of these four categories and see if you can allow yourself to let go of it without feeling any guilt.

1. Gifts

I’ve always felt guilty about letting go of gifts.

Even when I had never used the gift. Even when I didn’t particularly like the gift. Even if I’d enjoyed the gift in the past but knew I’d never pick…