Long time no post. Let’s do this!
Letting go. Probably one of the hardest things for any given person to do. It can be something physical, emotional or mental, but the bottom line is, why are we holding onto it? Is that weight and burden really ours bear and is it necessary that we continue to do so? As time goes on and I move forward in my life through different experiences, I find myself having to re-evaluate what to take with me along the way. Here are three steps I have found to have worked for me.
GET RID OF THE CLUTTER: Go clean out your closet. That tank you haven’t worn the past three summers–lose it. You didn’t wear it then, you’re not wearing it now… chances are you’re probably not going to wear it again. Take all those clothes and donate them to Goodwill. Help a good cause (plus, it’s a tax deduction!). Or, if you’re in the Los Angeles area or an area with something similar, go sell them to Crossroads or another 2nd time around store. There’s plenty of people that can enjoy the fabulous things that have just lost their luster in your eyes (but are still fabulous). And hey, you’ll get a little extra cash out of it. The truth is, you don’t need that sweatshirt that belonged to your ex, who you haven’t even thought of in the past 18 months, or the shorts you bought on spring break in 2000… Plus, then you have plenty of room to fill up with new finds and a great excuse to go shopping!!!
GET RID OF THE DOWNERS: Friends are the family we give ourselves, right? So, why surround yourself with people who aren’t bringing out the best in you? I am the first for wanting to help people but, at some point you need to stop and make sure someone’s helping you. Relationships should be a two-way street, always. You should give as much as you get and vice versa. As hard as it may be to walk away from people, sometimes it’s the only way to get the weight of others off your back so you can carry your own.
GET RID OF THE DRAMA: STOP THE DRAMA! This one was the hardest for me. Stop with the over-exaggerating, over-thinking, over-reacting to whatever it is that you might be unnecessarily adding into your life. You don’t need it. Take the time to slow down, pause, think about what you were doing to think/say/do and if that’s really how you want to react to things. Is that really the way you want to handle things? Is it going to give you the outcome you’re looking for? If not, simply do go that route… it’s not worth it.
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”
― C. JoyBell C.
So untie those weights – physical, emotional, or otherwise – and keep moving forward. I mean, how else are you ever gonna fly?
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