Letting Go

Daily writing prompt

Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

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Funny you should ask… I started cleaning out my bedroom closet a couple days ago and ended up parting with three bags’ worth of longtime favorites- lined flannels, a couple of zip-up sweatshirts, one from a trip to England and Scotland over 20 years ago, along with a couple of cool and cold-weather jackets. I could still do some further culling, but it’s getting a bit more difficult now.

Other than clothing, there are always the boxes of stuff never opened after several moves, but some of that is keepsake stuff– mementos and memorabilia, journals and such. And my workbench and tools can always use a good going-over, could be better organized.

In a spiritual, emotional sense, or maybe head space-wise, I could work on letting go of long-held insecurities, and make an attempt at being more conversational, especially with my wife. It’s difficult, because I have never felt compelled to speak if I didn’t have anything to say. I don’t talk for the sake of talking or breaking silence. I used to have to do that when I was in the Parish Pastor setting and visiting people, but manufactured dialogue was and remains a chore sometimes. Maybe it’s a matter of being less concerned with quality, and more concerned with basic communication and connection.