Spring Cleaning Again…

I’ve started my winter “spring cleaning” house projects. It’s the time of year I go through drawers and wipe them out, dust the backs of hanging pictures, move the bigger pieces of furniture and clean behind them. That deep kind of cleaning that freshens up the house. I get it done in winter so I can enjoy tending my yard when spring actually comes.

I’ve decided it is time to say goodbye to some of the things I’ve collected over the years that no longer are needed or used. I’m at that point in life that it’s time to let more things go.

It’s interesting how in our early adult lives we work so hard to collect possessions. And in our later adult lives we work hard to let them go.

Our perspective certainly does change during life.

I form attachment to things. They remind me of a time in my life or a person who perhaps gave the thing to me as a gift. This attachment can make it hard for me to let something go.

What once was important isn’t so much at this age and stage of my life. Earlier I was building a life and working hard to do so. I don’t have to build any more.

Attachment to things seems less important as my perspective shifts.

So my winter “spring cleaning” is creating some bigger give away piles and a few less “stuff’s” in closets and on shelves this year. I suspect this is just the beginning of what lies ahead in the next part of my life’s journey too!

What perspectives do you notice changing at this point in your life’s journey?