Cleaning out the Closets

We've been trying to clean out our closets and get rid of anything we haven't used in a while or that we plain old don't need anymore. It's hard to part with material items. Part of it is that I'm a pack rat and always want to save for a rainy day. Who knows when we'll need this or that? Another part of me is relieved to get rid of all the clutter in our apartment. It'll make it a lot easier when the time comes to move into a house. Although... once we have a house, we'll have more room for our treasures  junk. I think the hardest part of declutterizing (I just made up that word if it's not one already) is that I'm stuck on the monetary value of what we're "losing." I have a difficult time knowing that we spent x amount of dollars on something and now we're going to give it to St. Vincent DePaul or sell it for significantly less than we spent. I guess it's God's way of humbling me and making me realize that the things I truly need are not of this world.

When I was living in Costa Rica for a semester during college, I pretty much lived out of my suitcase. If it didn't fit in my luggage, I really didn't need it. It was so liberating to live in such a simple manner. When I did my rural stay for two weeks, I went without a computer/access to Internet for the entire time. I didn't even miss it! Now, I feel like I'm glued to my computer just to stay in touch with people. Maybe I should clean out more than the closets in my apartment and reevaluate what it is that is truly important.... and maybe humble myself once again.