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My family and I recently moved this past spring. After six years of living in our old home and adding two more kids to the three we already had, we certainly accumulated a lot of junk during that time. I think we suspected this, but that suspicion became very apparent when we started going through the garage, closets and storage to box things up before the move. It was a great opportunity to declutter and organize before settling into the new house. We ended up giving or throwing away a ton of items we never really used or no longer needed. Some of the things we trashed were garage sale items we had purchased and left on a shelf. Essentially, we had paid a stranger for the privilege of taking out his trash and storing it for him, but that is a whole other conversation.

Just as a garage or shed can accumulate useless clutter, our lives can get bogged down with unnecessary junk that only slows us down and takes up space and time that could be used for what is truly important to us. It could be a bad habit, a harmful perspective or outlook, a toxic relationship or even seemingly harmless wasted moments on social media or watching some mindless show. While moving creates a great opportunity to assess the function and necessity of the items in your home so you can decide what you won’t move with you into the new house, there’s no reason to wait for a major event to do this in your life. You don’t have to wait until New Years to declutter your habits and thoughts.

What life-clutter can you decide to leave behind and not move with you into tomorrow?

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