Less You Own, The Less That Owns You
Less you own, the less that owns you.
Have you ever heard this saying? If so, you may think it doesn’t apply to you or maybe even question if it is true. It is easy to deny this core truth, but even more so, it’s dangerous to deny this truth without realizing the impact it can have on your life.
I still get flustered. I still get overwhelmed.
I still look at our home and wonder “what else can we get rid of”? I walk into our storage room and see things just sitting on the shelves. They beg the question – am I ever going to be used? I peer into the cupboards of our kitchen and wonder – do I really need to stock this much food? Questions that I think of on the daily at times. Questions that could be answered by getting rid of just a few more things so that…
The less I own, the less that owns ME.
You may walk into our home and think that we do not have that much. We do not have things scattered all over our home. We don’t have piles after piles of items. But the thing is, when I start to think about some of the questions above, I am still letting my stuff own ME. If it is bothering me, then yes, maybe we too, still have too much stuff.
What if my closet wasn’t so full of clothes? Would I spend less time wondering what to wear? Or maybe it just needs to be reorganized in such a way so that when I am looking for a particular something, I know exactly where to look? Or maybe when I run out of shampoo – instead of looking on each shelf for more, I have a basket that has all of my duplicates in, and if there isn’t a bottle in there, I know I need to buy some more? Or maybe I need to meal plan more, so that I actually keep LESS in my cupboards! The more prepared I am, the less I need to store items at random, taking up precious space in my cupboards.
It is all about moderation. It is all about ENOUGH.
How much “less” do you need to own, so that your possessions do not OWN YOU? Do you feel like some possessions own you? Own your mind? Own your time? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, it is time to take another look through everything so that…
