Trash Day
Today is trash collection day in our neighborhood. It’s the day to get unwanted things curbside.
It occurred to me that we may want to set aside a mental trash day as well. Perhaps it can coincide with the day your physical trash gets picked up.
It’s an easy exercise. Just dedicate the time you are hauling your trash to the pick-up point to also be the time that you empty your mental waste basket.
Take a moment to collect some thoughts that would serve you better if they were hauled away in a big truck. Mentally put them in a container that you will physically take to the curb. See how easy that is to imagine?
Then after pick-up, when you see the empty container, just notice how much lighter you feel. Each time you do this exercise, you get better at it and then rubbish reduction becomes second nature.
You automatically take the garbage that has been mentally piling up and put it out for collection on trash day.
It’s an exercise worth your practice and you don’t have to limit yourself to one pick-up day. Everyday can be trash day if you choose. Every time you find yourself emptying a receptacle, allow your mind to select some accumulated garbage and put it in a container for collection.
There are lots of side benefits besides feeling lighter – one being that your thoughts will be fresher and smell better.
You’ll never look at a garbage truck the same way again after automating this exercise.
Trash day may not become a national holiday but it can be one you celebrate every time you kick some garbage to the curb.
All the best,
John
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