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Live Simply recipe: Have what you need. Use what

Live Simply recipe:

Have what you need.
Use what you own.
Decide where things live.
Put them back where they belong.
Edit frequently.
Acquire intentionally.
Release easily.

She had been raised to “save the good stuff.”

She had been raised to “save the good stuff.” To procure fancy, fragile dishes, soft, blemish-free linens, and upscale furniture, but not to use them. Heavens no. To HAVE them. Or, almost have. Because to have something without allowing yourself to use and enjoy it is not truly having it. It’s living with a scarcity mindset. It is the belief that if you use it, you may damage it, and if you damage it, you may not be able to replace it. In other words, using something is the path towards losing it.

But if you aren’t allowed to use it, what, truly is the point of owning it at all? For show? To remind yourself you aren’t worthy of the “good stuff?” To hold the notion that you won’t have the ability to get more of what you desire later on?

Later isn’t for certain. You, today, deserve the best you’re able to acquire. Your most abundant self, who is always grounded in the present moment, enjoys what there is to enjoy, and trusts that just as you have now, so will you in the future, too, have enough.

So she decided to stop saving the things she loved most, and to start using them. She moved out the filler set she didn’t care about, and moved in the silverware she prized. And she did the same thing with the sheets. And the towels. And the plates. She decided to believe that even if, in the process of being used, items got damaged, she would be okay. She would be enough.

2020: the year normalcy became an intensely desira

2020: the year normalcy became an intensely desirable fantasy.

Two days ago, I was allowed to try clothing on in an actual store dressing room for the first time in months. I was only allowed five items, and was instructed to keep my mask on, but I was thrilled, nonetheless. But then the lighting was predictably horrible in the dressing room, nothing fit right, I instantly remembered how flustering it is to try clothes on in a store dressing room, and left as soon as I could shove my feet back in my shoes.

“Normal” isn’t really all it’s cracked up to be?🤷🏻‍♀️

Editing is a skill and a muscle that strengthens t

Editing is a skill and a muscle that strengthens the more it’s used. Your first edit is a peeling away of a first layer of excess. It can be intensely challenging to do so, as you may be fraught with worry about making decisions you’ll later regret. But as you become a more skilled editor, as you become more attuned to your preferences and habits, and the things you truly need and desire to support the life you live now, you gain more clarity. You see there is more than you can release. Over time, you begin to recognize that a constant sloughing off is necessary, and appropriate, and liberating. As new things enter, old things exit. You live in that kind of harmony, and you allow yourself that level of fluidity. That is freedom and that is Live Simply.

A favorite case in point: a beloved client’s (and friend’s!) makeup collection. Seven or eight years ago was when we first tackled it. There was A LOT of makeup, but she cleared out the amount she was able to at the time and we gave her a system so that at least it would be usable. A couple of weeks ago she announced, “I want it gone.” “GONE?!” I asked. “Well, not ALL of it, but mostly, almost all.” She said. “What changed?” I asked. “I bought it when I was sad, and having such a hard time as a new mom, and I’m not in that place anymore.” What had previously occupied an entire closet was nothing more than an attempt to buy some happiness and peace. Now, she cultivates that within herself, and knows a lipstick will always be just a lipstick. Another tube will not create enduring feelings of worth. Now, the makeup collection fits on a couple of shelves. Her editing efforts over time paved the way for her to have a healthy relationship with makeup, and with stuff in general.

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