bitful

I was thinking of giving up something for Lent but nothing came to mind.

Then suddenly I saw the clutter that I let into my life and that I am not happy with. Clutter that I cannot get down to reducing because it is too daunting a task. Clutter that is completely useless and bothers me.

I have decided that this Lent I am going to take something away every day. It can be something very little (like tidying up the outside pocket of my backpack - one does not need to carry sugar-free chewing-gum in four different flavours at all times!) or something big (like finally putting those two drawer units on craiglist and reclaim one cubic metre of spare room - after two years!).

To begin with, yesterday I said goodbye to three old email accounts I have not used in six years. I had a three-monthly recurrent reminders in Outlook to log on to them, check for messages (only one of them allowed redirection) and send a message out from each account to keep them active and open.

There was no option to actively close the accounts, so I simply said goodbye, removed the Outlook reminder and smiled at a simpler life.

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