When a loved one passes away, spouses or children often hang on to a lot of their belongings. There are a couple reasons for this. The first is that we feel guilty getting rid of it. The loved one is gone, getting rid of their stuff seems like you’re getting rid of them. The second is because there are a lot of memories tied to some of those items, and we don’t want to forget those. This is how a lot of people become hoarders. So we have to resist the urge to hang onto everything we have a sentimental attachment to. Remember, the object isn’t our loved one, keeping it won’t bring them back, and getting rid of it isn’t disrespectful. In most cases, we’re more attached to the memory than we are to the physical object, so take a picture, record the memory, find out if anyone else in the family would like the item, and if not, go ahead and sell it, donate it, or trash it.
- Hoarders
- Storage space
- As we get older we get much more concerned about leaving a legacy or about what people will do with her belongings when we’re gone my mom has started to go through all of her items and get rid of junk that she doesn’t think people would want just so they don’t have the burden of going through it when she passes I think it’s a little morbid but at the same time she’s trying to do people a favor if you start earlier in life on his own and it’ll be even easier and you’ll be more free to do what you want without that junk holding you back.