“Clutter is not just physical stuff, it’s old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits.” — Eleanor Brown

Since I decided to move to Florida, I have been moving my belongings little by little. 

I didn’t move any furniture, but mostly odds and ends that I like.  The bulk of what I moved was all my mosaic materials and pieces, and all the paintings that my mom and brother have made for me.

I had some pieces of furniture I liked but I made peace with leaving them behind.  Letting go keeps seems to keep getting easier and easier. 

At this point I have only a few items left, including an old trunk.  I believe the trunk is from the 1800s based on the date of the newspapers that were inside the trunk, which by the way I failed to keep.

An old friend, who was a carpenter, was working in an old house and there were some trunks in the attic.  He knew I love antiques/vintage stuff and said he would give me one since the new owner said he could take them all.  Next thing he knows an antique dealer arrives and starts taking them.  He was able to get one for me.  That was over 30 years ago.

The trunk now sits in a small hall between a bedroom and bathroom.  Inside it holds all the crafts that my mother has given me such as macramé towels, embroidered table clothes, and knitted scarfs. And on top of it, one of mom’s painting.

“The more things you own, the more they own you.” — Unknown

I want to lead a simpler life, more nomadic life.  I am still tied down because of work, but eventually I want to travel more and spend every couple of months in different locations.

Michael thinks I am like a squirrel moving nuts around.  He says I keep moving the same items from NY to Florida, then to Brazil and back.  He is probably right.  At the same time that I am not a materialistic person I do not like to throw anything out.  I have to give it away or repurpose them.

My sister will remain in my NY apartment so I can leave it here. I had in mind having with me anything I really wanted, so that whenever my sister decides she is done with NY, I can just list the apartment and don’t have to worry about taking anything.

I have no attachment to anything material, as I mentioned, so getting rid of stuff actually gives me a high and makes me feel lighter.  Sometimes I am envious when I hear of someone that has unearthed some valuable item that they saved from decades ago.   That is not happening to me.   I have only a few items saved.  And those items are getting fewer and fewer.

I have do decide soon, do I take it or do I leave it?  I am hoping the Universe sends me a sign.

May your day be blessed!

“Already, in the last few decades, you have realized the utter futility of of encumbering yourselves with superfluous possessions that have no useful virtue, but which, for various sentimental reasons, you continue to hoard, thus lessening your life’s efficiency by using for it time and attention that should have been applied to the practical work of life’s accomplishments. (The Miracle of the Lily – 1928)” ― Clare Winger Harris