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7 Reasons To Get Rid Of Your Stuff After Divorce
One of the strangest things about divorce is dividing your life time of stuff between you. Some people fight to hold on to all, some walk away with nothing. I can tell you though in most cases the healthiest thing you can do it let it all go!
1. Things hold thoughts, how can you heal from a past relationship or marriage when are living in literally the relics of your past. The sofa, you picked out together, the bed you made love in, it is impossible to feel ready for your new life while living in your old one.
2. Living in clutter, can seem comforting in your old married life, but to build a better foundation for your new one, declutter, the least chaos and mess you live in the more you can feel organized and better to tackle life in a new fresh way. Clean counters, empty organized closets, sound like a small thing but having them feel under control helps us mentally to feel more powerful.
3. The stuff we hoard in our homes, garages and closets, can actually be quite valuable, and whether you sell your stuff on Ebay, DreamsRecycled, OfferUp or at a garage sale you can make some money. That money can be used to fund your new dreams, to travel, do something that makes you happy, and leaves you with better memories than in your a box in your garage.
4. Fresh start is often associated with a clean slate, or a blank canvas. This is how we should view life after divorce, a blank page in our new chapter to write however we choose. This becomes an easier reality when you start again, with very little or just the basics.
5. Letting go of stuff, gives us the opportunity to finally choose what we want. Marriage is a life of compromise, you choose the sofa, I will pick the TV. Your divorce life allows you to choose what you want create the kind of environment that you want from the ground up.
6. Divorce leaves you with high ticket items that may not be properly insured, most engagement rings and other jewelry items, are often beyond the personal property limit. Leaving them in your home, is not the best thing to do with them, if they are stolen and you don't have a separate policy on them, you will likely receive nothing. If you do insure them , you are just putting extra money into things that you will no longer wear, and hold more than likely sad memories.
7. Your focus after divorce should be on yourself, all energy should be focused on building the new life you want, setting new goals and dreaming new dreams. Isn't it better to do this in a new living situation, surrounded in new things, or new to you things. It sets the tone from waking up in a new bed to watching tv on a new sofa, that you are moving onward and upward, which should be all divorcees goal. To not just survive but thrive after divorce
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