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I had a bad habit of accumulating stuff that had some abstract value (may come in handy in the future, is a good deal, etc), and letting go of a lot of it was h
by dgunay 1y ago
I had a bad habit of accumulating stuff that had some abstract value (may come in handy in the future, is a good deal, etc), and letting go of a lot of it was hard in part because of guilt surrounding environmentalism. Even something that I had no attachment to whatsoever felt extremely difficult to get rid of because it needed to be disposed of ethically. The idea "you can't save the rainforest if you're depressed"[0] was helpful to me in breaking out of this mentality.
[0]: https://www.strugglecare.com/struggle-care#:~:text=You%20Can't%20Save%20the%20Rainforest%20if%20You're%20Depressed&text=If%20you%20must%20use%20paper,your%20job%20is%20to%20survive. https://www.strugglecare.com/struggle-care#:~:text=You%20Can...
- bluGill 1y agoI have realized that I won't give things up and so I avoid getting things without some surety that I will really want it around for decades. There are a lot of neat toys in the world that I honestly wouldn't have time to enjoy them all anyway so better to focus on ones I really will enjoy.