When I declutter, I feel happy as things leave my home. The literal weight of that stuff is gone, and I’m thrilled to have open space. But I also find joy in the things I keep. I keep the things we need and love, guilt free, because I’ve accepted the size of the container that is my house and acknowledged that these treasured things deserve space in that container more than other things that I didn’t love. And something beautiful happens: the things I love have room to breathe, and this lets me breathe as well. The things I love are now visible, and the things I need are now findable, not
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