Are you tired of that same old rehashed personal growth advice that all seems to boil down to think positively and all your problems will go away. If affirmations feel like lies

and positive thinking feels like denial, then I want you to get ready. The overwhelmed

brain is here to help you create the life you want now. Hey, this is Paul Kolyani, the host of the Overwhelmed Brain, the Personal Growth Show for the Critical

Thinker. Every week I discuss practical down-to-earth steps to help you improve yourself and

your relationships. We'll talk about why we do the things we do and what we can do to reach higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress and overwhelm.

I'm here to help you create positive changes in your world.

Expect to feel empowered in every episode.

And by listening to this show,

you automatically qualify for a stress-free life.

So if you haven't started your journey yet, well maybe today is the day, your stress

goes away. All right, this is part two of a two-part episode on letting go of attachments. Part 1 covered letting go of physical or functional

attachments, mainly material objects that provide a function in your life but

aren't necessarily sentimental with a lot of emotional value.

A good example of a material functional object could be a tool like a hammer.

You may love your hammer and never want to get rid of it, but if you couldn't find it, you'd probably just go out and get another one.

Some people do have trouble letting go of physical objects, even when there isn't a deep emotional connection to them.

I used to travel with about a dozen power tools and quite a lot of toolboxes.

One of my favorite tools was called a grinder. This was a handheld tool that you could add these solid discs to to cut things.

I used it mainly for ceramic tile.

About nine years ago I took on tiling my kitchen floor in the condo

I eventually let go. Instead of renting a tile cutter I bought a grinder that way I

could shape the tiles into whatever shape I needed.

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