32 COFFEE MUGS
Our lives felt like our 32 coffee mugs. Cluttered, packed, with some forgotten and just there. We cleaned out the cupboard where we kept our collection, dozens of mostly unused mugs. Carefully going through each mug and being purposeful in which ones we chose to give away. It was such a strange feeling to have given so much space + time to a piece of glass.
It took us two times to purge our coffee mugs, the second time we looked in the cupboard and said, "I think we still have too many." I stood in front of our collection wondering, "Why are we holding on to these?" I have one mug that I use. A giant red mug from Bedlam Coffee in Seattle, it's my favorite. I have no idea why, it has a weird monkey on it, but I love it. Shane's is a giant mug we got at Treasure Island from our trip to Las Vegas. I think he likes it, because it holds so much coffee. Anyways, looking back and thinking about all these coffee mugs we gave so much energy to, lugging them around from house to house, combining collections, finding a cupboard to store them in and fighting to keep them crammed in their space (some of them HAD to be dirty or they wouldn't fit), it was such a weight lifted off of us when we got rid of most of them.
I still look at them sometimes, the handful we have left, when I'm reaching for my favorite red mug, and again wonder if we have too many. But now, it's not as overwhelming. Our lives are starting to feel more like these 5 coffee mugs we have. Relaxed, meaningful, uncluttered and deliberate. Going through the act of purging our material things has given us the most amazing thing we've had in our hands the whole time. The ability to appreciate, live more authentically, and be passionate about what we have. A true clarity about what's important, just by getting rid of a few coffee mugs.
Who knew your life didn't have to feel like our 32 coffee mugs + it was so simple.
It took us two times to purge our coffee mugs, the second time we looked in the cupboard and said, "I think we still have too many." I stood in front of our collection wondering, "Why are we holding on to these?" I have one mug that I use. A giant red mug from Bedlam Coffee in Seattle, it's my favorite. I have no idea why, it has a weird monkey on it, but I love it. Shane's is a giant mug we got at Treasure Island from our trip to Las Vegas. I think he likes it, because it holds so much coffee. Anyways, looking back and thinking about all these coffee mugs we gave so much energy to, lugging them around from house to house, combining collections, finding a cupboard to store them in and fighting to keep them crammed in their space (some of them HAD to be dirty or they wouldn't fit), it was such a weight lifted off of us when we got rid of most of them.
I still look at them sometimes, the handful we have left, when I'm reaching for my favorite red mug, and again wonder if we have too many. But now, it's not as overwhelming. Our lives are starting to feel more like these 5 coffee mugs we have. Relaxed, meaningful, uncluttered and deliberate. Going through the act of purging our material things has given us the most amazing thing we've had in our hands the whole time. The ability to appreciate, live more authentically, and be passionate about what we have. A true clarity about what's important, just by getting rid of a few coffee mugs.
Who knew your life didn't have to feel like our 32 coffee mugs + it was so simple.
"Easy just happens, but simple is planned, carefully curated, well executed."
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