When I throw something away, I feel great. I realize that not everyone feels that way. But I feel liberated from "stuff". My goal is to let as much leave the house - through trash, donations or whatever - as comes in, so that we are not accumulating.
Accumulation = stress
This is a personal equation. Again, I totally realize that this is not true for everyone. But each thing that is bought requires space to store it, time to clean it or move it so you can clean, and you have to think about it every time you look at it. Therefore, I try to keep only the things I want to think about, or that I need to have around.
For example, I do not want to think about a toilet plunger, but they do come in handy now and again. Bleh.
October is always a good time for me to throw things away. Why? Because Doug is off hunting. Shhhh! Don't tell him! He always gets so stressed when I feel like purging the house of excess. He is...a pack rat. He believes very firmly that anything that we possibly could use should be kept. And that it doesn't matter if we don't have a place to store it. Argh!
But if I clean (and purge) while he's gone, it doesn't stress him out. And it makes me feel better. And has he ever missed something that I've thrown away? NO! He has missed things he has lost, but that's another story. Actually, he doesn't miss things because I usually only purge things that belong to me (and only to me). Like my clothes. Or the kids' rooms that are filling up with junk and trash.
So there.
Purging = freedom
Another one of my equations. Nice, huh?
I do like your equations!! :D
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