I take a good look at the 4 storage cabinets filled with stuff that I accumulated over 6 years of my stay in the Beijing office. There is something called "store and forget". I rarely touch many of those things.
Taking a deep breathe, I plan my action. Cleaning up clutter can be very exhausting, and I have to make sure I do not strain my injured back further. Divide and conquer is my strategy. I decide to complete the project in 3 days. Each day, I would spend less than 1 hour, but I would do a really good job in relinquishing things that I do not use anymore.
I stick on to the principle: any thing I have not used for the past 6 months, I would recycle, give or throw away. I do have hesitation on several gift items from old friends and colleagues. After some inner struggle, I convince myself that I treasure the friendship regardless of these gifts. So I also give them away. After 3 days, I complete my project on schedule. Now my belongings occupy less than 1 storage cabinet!
Yuhoo! I feel so free! :)
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I have been using an aging strategy to throw away things, however, I need something to hold on memory so I bought a one terra byte disk to store my junk. Life without memory will be meaningless.
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