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Home » Emotional clutter I got rid of my decluttering my “mementos”

Emotional clutter I got rid of my decluttering my “mementos”

May 6, 2011 //  by Donielle Baker

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More often than not I have dishes piled up on the counter…even with a dishwasher in the house.
At least this pile is on the clean side.

At least the pile is on the clean side right? © Donielle
At least it’s clean © Donielle

We’re busy painting the basement getting the house in tip top shape – out with the chocolate brown on the right, in with the lighter tan on the left.

I hate painting. Time for a break! © Donielle
I hate painting. Time for a break!

Gas Prices? Please don’t go any higher – my tank wasn’t even empty when I filled up.

Crappity crap. © Donielle
Crappity crap.

We’ve recently started started shopping at Costco and having frozen organic fruit means smoothies!!

Love morning smoothies!
© Donielle

Oh to be 14 again and think these earrings were cool to wear….

Circa 1995ish. Think I can pull them off now?
trolls…..
How about the burger and fries? Seriously- was this EVER cool!?!
seriously…a burger and fries?

 

Along with spring cleaning projects I normally get around to, the thought of moving more of my junk doesn’t appeal to me. Once I started going through it though….I realized how much emotional clutter I was keeping.

Clearing emotional clutter.
© Donielle

Some of it hurtful. Because whether or not it ever crossed your mind, I was often picked on an teased. My nose was to big, my hair to curly, I had both glasses and braces, my clothes weren’t “cool” enough. I didn’t have a boyfriend through most of highschool. This pile of letters were ones written by highschool girlfriends constantly reminding me of my faults in their “trying to be helpful” way. All of a sudden those hurt feelings came rushing back….and why was I keeping these things?!

It was cathartic to toss them all into the garbage.

I’ve begun to realize that emotional clutter is a thing, and although some of it can be painful to let go, that I begin to feel more…calm and relaxed when I get rid of the things in life that are holding me back.

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I believe women can learn how to heal their bodies & balance their hormones through natural methods. An advocate for natural health, I have a passion for nourishing/real food nutrition and natural living. My personal background includes both infertility and miscarriage and I started Natural Fertility and Wellness in 2008 in order to share all of the information I found helpful in my journey to heal from PCOS and overcome infertility.
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  1. Kristen

    May 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    I love the earrings. They bring back floods of memories from middle school!!!!

  2. Liz Perez

    May 7, 2011 at 9:25 am

    Hi Donielle:

    My friend Pam shared your recipe. I made the brownies tonight and love it! Will be sharing some with my Pastor who has diabetes and a friend of mine who’s vegetarian. Can I freeze these? Hope to learn more of these healthy recipes soon.

    • donielle

      May 7, 2011 at 10:08 am

      @Liz Perez, Do you mean the black bean brownies? I’m sure you can freeze them, but what I have noticed is that the texture of beans do change when frozen, so while the taste will be the same, it may have a slightly different texture. Glad you like them!

  3. Liz

    May 18, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Its so refreshing to see your perfectly un-perfect house. So “real”. Love your blog!

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