12 Questions to Ask When Letting Go of Difficult Items

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Transcript

So the next thing that we wanted to share with you is that we touched on clutter. One of the things that clutter can build up is, is things that are difficult to let go. So maybe sometimes that's a momento. Maybe that's something you've inherited from someone else. Maybe there's just no explanation that you can think of as to why you have a hard time letting go of something. But you know, it's no longer adding value to your life.

We put together this small little printout because we think, and we've witnessed that these 12 questions listed here are really going to help you when you're dealing with a difficult item. So maybe you're going through a little bit of a, of a purge of your closet, and you keep coming up to the same three outfits and you never wear them, but you can't get rid of them. But they're taking up space in your closet and you want to get them gone, but you just can't. So you know, we always say on the on the right hand side. The tip that we recommend is knowing what is it that you're trying to move towards. So in this example, if you're trying to get that closet, so that things are easy To put away you can see what you need when you need it.

And real estate is at a maximum, you need to be able to pick up one of those pieces of items and ask yourself, do I need it? Or do I just want it? Am I keeping it because of guilt? Is something like it? Could I take a photograph of it and let go of the physical piece, but keep the memory of whatever that piece of clothing is. So going through these 12 questions is really going to help you with difficult items.

Yeah, this is something that that we put together because we actually use them a lot. And we some of these questions. We saw them in books, some others came naturally. And so it's a it's a mix match. That has worked really well with us. And this is something that you can use for yourself, or if you're helping someone else.

It may be worth giving it a try and see what happens. One of my favorite questions to add into this that's not on it is would you go out and buy another one the exact same right now. And that's a really interesting question. Because would you actually go out and spend money on the thing that you're trying to let go? Sometimes the answer's yes. So what do you do when the answers are?

Yes, maybe it's an indicator you're not ready to let that go yet. But if there are any of these that you kind of feel like okay, no, I don't love it and yeah, I am keeping it because of guilt. Those are really clear indicators that potentially you no longer need that physical piece of item.

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