Most people keep mementos and little things that remind them of past times and memories. I kinda take this way overboard and horde memories like they'll suddenly go endangered. For example, just on a brief look around my room, I have a cardboard "Happy New Years" Hat on my dresser. It's like if I threw that hat out this past year's New Years celebration would simply cease to exist. Yes, I know that's 100% ridiculous and probably says I have complicated problems, but the point is, pretty much everyone keeps some things that remind them of past events.
The thing is, not all past events are happy memories or even ones that have any positive correlations. Things that remind you of these not-so-positive memories become problems when they make you relive the past over and over, or keep you stuck in the past to the point that you can't move on to the future. Beyond all this, items that you associate with negativity make you have negative thoughts and drag you down. Start bailing out the water, this is another week and another goal.
Week 3, Goal 3: It's time to ban items associated with negative times, and possibly more importantly--it's time to ban those negative thoughts.
This week I plan on banning as many negative items from my life as possible. Anything I come across that doesn't evoke happy thoughts and I don't need is getting chucked. (Note: I had to put the "don't need" rule in or I would've chucked my math book...) With less negative stuff around I'm hoping to have more positive energy around me and hopefully I'll find it a little easier to locate that happiness I was trying to find in week 1. At the very least I'll get rid of some old stuff I don't need anymore that's just cluttering up my room. So, here's to another week of finding ways to live in the present and look forward to the future, rather than just existing in the past.
-M.
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