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aling with STUFF. I haven’t. I can tell you that I did pair down. I mourned my past and then let go where I could. I purged things that no longer serve a purpose. I rearrange my furniture around who I am now. I am happy to say that things are more functional.</p><blockquote id="7c72"><p>Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. — Seneca</p></blockquote><h1 id="d837">Live in the now</h1><p id="db5c">Living is one of the hardest struggles. Day by day life happens. In the last few years between my last major purge a few things have happened. My dad's died, some friends have died, and the people that I knew as my family have broken up and changed. I found myself going through some photographs, gifts and various artifacts. I found myself stepping back into a different time and into a different life. It was hard to know that that was not my life anymore.</p><p id="8eca">To live in the now. I made peace. I accepted the deaths, the changes, and the choices that had occurred. I cannot tell you any shortcuts but I can tell you it is possible. I still miss some of my family and friends but my life is different now. I have new friends and new family. They are replacements but they are real in the here and the now.</p><blockquote id="b223"><p>One doesn’t discover new la

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nds without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. — Andre Gide</p></blockquote><h1 id="9575">Look forward</h1><p id="1087">Today I start a new job. No wait scratch that I start a new career. Yes I'm in the same profession company that I'm going to be working for this isn't just a job this isn't just a okay come in butcher 925 8 and skate no investment no involvement. This it's a position that will allow me to make a difference to contribute to the company to contribute to the people I work with their customers it's a whole different ball game.</p><p id="7a25">I needed to reconcile with my past before I could move forward. I needed examine the skeletons in my closet; to accept them, embrace them, and understand them. Now I can move forward. Now I can build something new. .</p><blockquote id="eb75"><p>If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet you'd best teach it to dance. — George Bernard Shaw</p></blockquote><p id="f8b2">Your past can be a rapacious creditor. It can tear you down, rip you up, and leave you with nothing. Alternatively your past can be the seeds of future. With time, attention, and proper use they can allow you to build a whole new world for yourself, a life worth living. The choice is yours.</p></article></body>

Three easy steps to better future

Paul Jimenez — 2012

Recently I quit my job. It was one in a series that was just that, a JOB. I had a couple of days off so I decided I need to clean and reorganize my office. I might seem like a simple idea. Clean, rearrange some furniture, and start fresh. It isn’t and it wasn’t.

We human have away of holding on to our past. We spend quite a while dealing with the remnants of a life we have not lived for a while.

Deal with the past

As I cleaned and moved my stuff I uncovered remnants of who I used to be. In my first mid life crisis I became a painter. I have books and books on painting an drawing and plenty of supplies. I even have few dozen completed works. Life however has a way of settling in. I have a new life, a new wife, and new career. I am not the broken shell of the man I was. Still it remains. It is a part of me.

I wish I could tell you that I found the magic elixir or incantation for dealing with STUFF. I haven’t. I can tell you that I did pair down. I mourned my past and then let go where I could. I purged things that no longer serve a purpose. I rearrange my furniture around who I am now. I am happy to say that things are more functional.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. — Seneca

Live in the now

Living is one of the hardest struggles. Day by day life happens. In the last few years between my last major purge a few things have happened. My dad's died, some friends have died, and the people that I knew as my family have broken up and changed. I found myself going through some photographs, gifts and various artifacts. I found myself stepping back into a different time and into a different life. It was hard to know that that was not my life anymore.

To live in the now. I made peace. I accepted the deaths, the changes, and the choices that had occurred. I cannot tell you any shortcuts but I can tell you it is possible. I still miss some of my family and friends but my life is different now. I have new friends and new family. They are replacements but they are real in the here and the now.

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. — Andre Gide

Look forward

Today I start a new job. No wait scratch that I start a new career. Yes I'm in the same profession company that I'm going to be working for this isn't just a job this isn't just a okay come in butcher 925 8 and skate no investment no involvement. This it's a position that will allow me to make a difference to contribute to the company to contribute to the people I work with their customers it's a whole different ball game.

I needed to reconcile with my past before I could move forward. I needed examine the skeletons in my closet; to accept them, embrace them, and understand them. Now I can move forward. Now I can build something new. .

If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet you'd best teach it to dance. — George Bernard Shaw

Your past can be a rapacious creditor. It can tear you down, rip you up, and leave you with nothing. Alternatively your past can be the seeds of future. With time, attention, and proper use they can allow you to build a whole new world for yourself, a life worth living. The choice is yours.