This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 785, a guide to let go of your perfectly good things

by Zoey Kim with becomingminimalist.com and I'm your very own personal narrator, Justin

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A guide to let go of your perfectly good things by Zoey Kim with becoming minimalist.com.

Finding our lives under everything we own is more than clearing away just junk.

Often it requires removing good quality things, expensive things, useful things, admired

things, fancy things.

It means letting go of perfectly good stuff in order to pursue something more meaningful.

I began de-owning my access six years ago.

My husband deployed frequently and we had two children under five.

I was spending more time doing something with our stuff than doing something with my family.

With my husband halfway across the world, the kids and I had to pack up to move again.

It was our third move in six years, but this one was just down the street.

How difficult could that be?

Well the process of personally packing, unpacking, and organizing all of our stuff drain the

joy right out of me for two months.

I wanted to take my kids to the beach, play at the park, and listen to their laughter.

But I was exhausted and stressed.

Is he taking care of all our stuff?

It was in that stress, exhaustion, and desire to live better that I had an aha moment.

I began to see the real cost of our stuff and it was way overpriced.

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