Giving things up

I love to do a good spring cleaning and purging the closets and cleaning up. I usually do a good cleaning of the house just before I do some writing project. It helps me to just concentrate on my writing knowing the house is not falling apart around me.

Other friends of mine have been giving up junk food. It seems like something small, but with all the sugar in the food it saves a lot of calories you don't need. If you do that and then go back to junk food it isn't fun. You may realise how badly it makes you feel.

There are other things we have to leave give up. Old clothes is one. On a recent trip I was able to pick up some much needed new clothes. The old ones, I can not wait to get ride of. I have been limping along with old skirts that don't fit and therefore do not flatter. I have things that look good one me right now and I haven't had that feeling in a while. I have been content with what I had and just made due. I had forgotten how nice it is to have something new and works. It may seem silly, but last year was so bad, and other than some t-shirts bought at sample sales I have not had anything new in a long time.

There are good reasons for giving things up every once in a while. We can't give everything away, but some things yes. A friend of mine gives me her surplus of cosmetics every once in a while, I usually get enough to share with even others. Waste not want not, its not just for decoration on a pillow. What things can you do without that some one else might really need?