Well Loved: How To Get Rid Of What You Don't Want
Accept yourself. Recycled advice? Yes. When youre dissatisfied and stuck it can sound pretty useless. Get me out of here! Youd rather be any place else. But here and now is all there is. Loving and forgiving what is has got to be the first step. Here's how to do it:
Acceptance, forgiveness, life change, recycle
Im appreciating used things. I got a great gas barbecue on Freecycle; a practically new John Deere lawnmower for $50; a beautiful Le Creuset cast iron shelf from a friends basement, a lovely leather purse from the thrift shop. They feel like blessings. I get all the joy of something new plus an extra kick of getting it for nothing or practically so.
Im typing this on a computer I bought used thats sitting on a desk I got at a yard sale. Come to think of it, I also inherited this chair from some previous office and Im drinking from a water bottle Ive refilled a bunch of times.
Brand new, pristine, still in the wrapper has its appeal too of course. But throwing away perfectly good stuff bugs me. I wish it were easier to get something to a good home during that whirlwind of purging that comes upon us. I use all my energy cleaning out the junk room and have nothing left for separating the things for Goodwill from the load for the dump. A
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