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Letting go means…letting go!

Catherine Johnston

Today, I am …well, Rebecca calls it “shedding” while a physician friend calls it “giving the house a ‘crapectomy.’ ” I will just call it “unloading stuff into the universe.” But I always get stuck on the part “where shall I send these things?” And I get stuck on the sentimental symbolism of many items, wanting to keep them - long after they have served their purpose.

And so, I took a look at the story of one woman from the Pacific Northwest (her name is Beautiful Existence, really!) who just may receive some of my erstwhile treasures.  I wonder if I could meet such a challenge of no-new-stuff (except for food and medicine). Could you?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "EndNotes." Read all stories from this blog