I'm ready to let go of the emotional clutter in my soul. This concept is known as Danshari. Miss Minimalist introduced it to me in this article that appeared on my blog reader. I actually really like the idea of letting go of the things which crowd your conscience because we hold on to so much that we should let go.
I know clutter doesn't have to be something you see. I have a tumblr, two blogs (one personal and this writing one), a twitter, a facebook, and all google accounts. I decided to let go by:
1) deleting my google plus. I never really used it and it always creeped me out that random Indian males would add me to their "circles".
2) I also deleted my old private blogs de-followed a lot of the blogs I used to follow through my google, tumblr, and twitter accounts. Usually if I love a blog, I'll remember the url and go directly there. Its been liberating, but lately it seems like new things just crop up and replace the old. So how do I manage this? I constantly de-follow people whose blogs I no longer relate to.
4) I also went back and deleted irrelevant tumblr blog posts. I know it sounds extreme, but its never too late to take off something that just doesn't apply to you anymore.
I just ordered a dress that I love so I can safely get rid of one dress from my wardrobe. Really "balancism" is all about maintaining. One new thing is introduced and one old thing is thrown out. I really need to work on keeping things in a state that I can control so next decluttering project is my makeup and personal hygiene collection. I feel like I'm shedding the pounds. Really and truly this need to have things has been so frustrating. I don't like clutter (it drives me nuts especially since I'm a tad bit of a germophobe). My friend told me I needed to just relax, not throw out things, but that's not true. How are you supposed to relax when there's so many "things" vying for your attention. Its enough to make anyone break into a million confused pieces. Hence why I'm declaring a war on all of this. I'm taking back my life.
XoXo
The blogger :)
