Becoming a Minimalist

Ever see the 1986 David Bowie film, “Labyrinth”?

There’s a scene in the movie where the Junk Lady is gathering and bringing Sarah’s favorite toys to her, sticking them to her body, and piling them up high. As the woman continues to bring Sarah’s favorite toys and memories to her, Sarah picks up the book she was reading, “Labyrinth”, and upon continuing to read where she left off, realizes all the stuff the woman is putting on her is junk and unimportant, and that she has been trying to rescue her baby brother from the Goblin King. Everything falls off of her as she continues on her urgent quest to save her little brother.

This is how I’m trying to see all the ‘stuff’ that I have collected over the years. None of this will matter to anyone other than me – a simple estate sale will take all of the things I have. It’s just stuff.

Here’s my ultimate dilemma, as if trying to pry my fingers off of my memories wasn’t enough.

I also resell. So anything I want to get rid of, first has to be valued for resell before I can send it away. This is a difficult task, trying to clear out my house, but my mentality during this process is, “I might be able to sell that.” So, my ‘for sale’ bins are numerous, but I’m truly working on them so that I don’t feel like a hoarder. I don’t want to be the subject of a Lifetime movie!