things that we are drawn to: deep-cleansing face masks, green teas that promise to flush toxins out of your body, decluttering our houses, spring cleaning, fresh starts, and new year resolutions
these things are all inherently linked to this idea of there being a layer of toxicity or miasma that covers parts of your life. it can either be removed through a charcoal pore strip, a vitamin smoothie, or buying a book about the konmari tidying method.
sometimes i consider the prospect that in a society where there is so much of everything, we don’t even notice when we are uncomfortable in the sheer excess. this subtle, back-of-the-mind pleasure in stripping things away to their essence is a very spiritual concept. getting rid of things that once meant a lot to you and have ceased to carry that same necessity is a part of growing as a person. it’s a journey! there’s something introspective and healing in what you choose to keep in your life and what you choose to move away from.
i don’t believe in paying top dollar for a box of juice powders that supposedly remove all your toxins (mainly because toxins aren’t REAL) but i do believe in making the effort to feel more connected with my choices to keep, and to remove certain aspects of my life as it stands.
as well as trimming my brain garden, i’m planting flowers! as well as throwing away half my wardrobe to make it all lovely and capsulated with a bunch of colourful things that make me smile, i am looking for more things that i’ll feel cute in.
the idea of stripping everything back to a base of something empty and fresh is therapeutic, but nothing can just sit there and be untouched and perfect. all new notebooks have to get drawn in eventually! i can’t keep ripping out pages.