tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31544381.post2248862639249188990..comments2023-04-26T03:32:12.800-07:00Comments on Simple Not Easy: Decluttering and my missing brain cellDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31544381.post-8287857666555380302014-08-17T11:20:54.169-07:002014-08-17T11:20:54.169-07:00Oh Linda,
The ability to play the violin must be...Oh Linda, <br /><br />The ability to play the violin must be wonderful, but it's *very* hard physical work. But it seems life strips from us things we would rather hang onto, and we don't have a lot of choice. I hope your violin ends up in loving hands and you end up with some lovely money to compensate you for your loss. <br /><br />But this lesson in letting go gracefully and without regrets is a painful one. It's not a skill I've mastered yet, though I give a kick at that can as often as I can muster up the courage. <br /><br /><3Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31544381.post-22156851642539618662014-08-17T09:48:39.439-07:002014-08-17T09:48:39.439-07:00The hardest decluttering I did was to give my belo...The hardest decluttering I did was to give my beloved, made-especially-for-women TREK mountain bike to a daughter and bring my violin to the violin shop to be sold on consignment. I have held onto both items since 2010, hoping that the medications or the going totally vegan or the something else would bring me back to a state that vaguely resembled the me I used to be before my battle with an auto-immune disease. The decluttering was both physical and mental. I've already long ago moved on--substituting hiking with a cane for mountain biking and plunking around on the piano for playing the violin--but it was time to stop holding onto those items. Financially, selling the violin will help, too.Linda P.noreply@blogger.com