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While I have been been decluttering part of my environment due to the move ahead, other parts of my environment had yet been untouched.

So, I decided to take it one step further and cleaned out my Facebook friends list. I must have unfriended about 35 'friends' and while I felt a little bit apprehensive about it at first, I felt relieved after. Why should I be sharing what's currently going on in my life with people I went to school with but haven't spoken to since and even some that I didn't get along with particularly well back then? And why should I be feeling guilty about making the choice to unfriend them? What does 'friend' mean on Facebook anyways?

It was a bit tougher when it came to friendships that had meant a lot to me once but had deteriorated over time. But I decided that if I felt they were slightly toxic friendships to begin with, I let go of them.

Now, only people that I would be happy to bump into on the street make up my friends list and I feel relieved and somehow calmer knowing that I do really have the control to release anything unwanted and only take on my new journey what's welcome.

I've also spent a part of my weekend deleting old emails. I was stunned when I discovered that I had more than 13,000 emails in my inbox. Now, of course I didn't see them every time I logged into my email account but they were sitting in the archive and cluttering it up. When embarking on a new journey, making room for something new just becomes so important. So, I deleted about 11,000 emails and let go of the last couple of emails from ex-boyfriends I had unknowingly kept, emails from people I wasn't friends with anymore, emotionally charged emails and the works... and it feels good.

All the best,

Less Is More 22/07/2011

Byebye, you unneeded things. 

Best,

Less Is More 15/07/2011

Here are the 10 items that are leaving me this week.

Best,

Less Is More 08/07/2011

During my first week of decluttering and quite literally lightening my load,
 I've picked the following items to let go of. 


Some items will go to the bin, some to recycling, some I'll sell and others will be donated.

Best,

Want to Be an Ace of Space?

I've been reading articles on minimalist living for a while
and am really inspired by Tammy Strobel's 'Ace of Space' series.

So, every week now, I'll let go of 10 items.
How am I going to do it? Read this.

Bye Bye #9

What? Two cosmetics products I don't enjoy using.

Where to? Back to the drug store. Store brands are covered by their returns policy. 

Bye Bye #8

What? Alverde make-up. Don't like the consistency.

Where to? The bin.

Bye Bye #7

What? Kent hair brush. Not great quality. The little protective ball ends have come off in places.

Where to? The bin.

Bye Bye #6

What? A bottle of multi-minerals.

Where to? The bin. 

Bye Bye #5

What? Two face creams I really don't enjoy using.

Where to? Back to the drugstore. They allow you to bring back store brands if you do not like them.

Bye Bye #4

What? A book I've enjoyed reading but won't be reading again, simply because it's not the type of book you'd read twice.

Where to? I will pass it on to my sister.

Bye Bye #3

What? A couple of old magazines that I had already forgotten I had. ;)

Where to? Paper recycling. 

Bye Bye #2

The next thing that needs to go is the bundle of PC games that I just don't play any more.

I've listed them on Ricardo.ch.

Spring Clean-Out

With the great weather and everything feeling so nice at the moment, I have decided to let go of some goodies that I don't really need.

And the start makes the Decleor Aroma Night Ylang Ylang Purifying Night Balm.

More to follow here.

Hope you're having beautiful weather as well, where ever you are. :)