I am cleaning out the closets of my mind.
Oh, and my real closets too.
I decided the other day to go through all of my belongings and downsize. I remembered some great advice that I received a year or so ago, "live minimally," and there it was. Enough said. I don't want to be surrounded by material things, excessive belongings that hold no purpose in life. I collected 6 garbage bags full of stuff and dropped it off at the ole' Goodwill.
When my writing keeps taking me back to my goals, I know it's time to make a change and that's what I've done! A clean list of things to work towards, a great work environment, and positive influences everywhere: I'm ready.
I sometimes find myself completely consumed in a certain type of thinking. I read a transformative idea or find an author that has the ability to sink their words into my skin, and to be honest, it takes me some time to snap out of that. To pick out the important and applicable pieces of those theories and add them to the luggage in my mind while leaving the rest behind. It's a tricky thing: to learn a new way of life and thinking. To digest knowledge and grow while still remaining true to who you are and what you believe. I am not the same person I was a year or even a month ago. I am constantly evolving, but I promise I'm getting better and wiser. I am still the positive, smiley little girl that gets giddy over finding a small frog on the ground or eating cookies for breakfast. That will never leave me, but I am starting to get a grasp on this world, what I want to get out of it and what it all means to me and that gives me a complex.
I am in charge of my life and so are you. I know that it can be scary and the future is uncertain, but we have no option but to move forward and craft a life that we love. Remove the bias, the grudges, and the pessimism in your mind daily. Empty out those closets and let it make you feel revitalized. There's never been a better time.
"Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think." -Martin Seligman