Which Stuff is Important?

One way to answer this is to consider what you would take with you in an emergency. After a natural disaster or devastating loss of homes, we have all heard the voices repeat that all that matters is that the family was safe. But as we see images of them sifting through ruined belongings, we know their loss is great.


Things are important to us; however, we should be able to prioritize our things and make choices when spaces become cluttered.

I challenge you to look around and make a list of what you should absolutely grab if you only had 15 minutes to get your belongings out of the house (furniture would not be listed). Of course, you should already have the emergency box with important papers ready to go.


Some stuff is just stuff and living without it makes cleaning easier and accentuates the importance of the items that are left.

Freedom From Stuff

This past 4th of July weekend had me thinking about more about freedom than I have in the past few years. I am certainly grateful for the freedoms we have in this country, freedoms that were won with very costly sacrifices. But today my thoughts are on being free from the stuff we have.

Too much stuff takes away our freedom to enjoy what we have. It crowds our spaces so we can't enjoy our homes. We are continually moving things around to clean or be comfortable because stuff is in the way. It crowds our schedules with too many things to clean and maintain. The bottom line of this is how it robs us of time for our family and friends.

To be free from stuff will require some costly sacrifices. It will require letting go of things you purchased that were never used, things that have emotional attachments but are boxed up and never enjoyed, things that are crowding out the more important things and things you simply don't like but feel guilty about letting go.

If you have just too much stuff, let this be the time you will take the first step towards the freedom of more space in your home and time in your day.