Possessions-Day 4

So on Friday, which was day 2, Emma from my council came over to my house. She had been planning to come to youth group with me so she could meet all of the other council members. She came over and she helped me clean out my desk beforehand. Now, my desk has always been a mess ever since I got it. It has a really neat story though. I got this desk from my grandma when she moved from her big house into her smaller house. The desk was my grandpa's. My grandpa died when my mom was in college, but he got this desk from when he worked as a professor at the University of Kansas. It was the desk in the library that they gave to him when he left the school. It has only ever been in my grandma's house, but I was lucky enough to receive it when she moved. I was redoing my room at the time and really needed a desk, and my grandma didn't need it anymore, so voila! I got it! Anyways, this desk is really old and the drawer doesn't work very well, but I pile things up on it. I don't have a bookshelf in my room, so I just put everything on my desk. I have so much junk on that desk that I've had for YEARS, and Emma was kind enough to go through it with me. As we were throwing so much crap away, she kept saying things like, "Oh my gosh, you need to come to my house so we can do this in my room" and "I am totally the same way". She was very good at helping me see that I didn't need even a quarter of the things that I was keeping. It took us about an hour just to clean off my desk. We filled 2 trash cans of junk that I did not need at all. After everything got thrown in the trash, there was practically nothing on my desk anymore. It was such a relief to look at my desk and not be overwhelmed with all of that crud. It was an amazing feeling! I know that I wasn't giving anything away, but it still felt good to cut all of that stuff out of my life. I am realizing more and more that I don't necessarily have so many things to give away, but more things to throw away. Because really, who wants all of the programs that I have kept from every show that I've been to? No one except for me. So thank you Emma for helping me throw all of that stuff away. It is greatly appreciated! :) I am finding little things to throw away and I am seeing that this month won't necessarily being giving 7 things away, but getting rid of 7 things every day. My mom will greatly appreciate this month, as she is always trying to get us to throw our junk away. So here's to you Mom; I know your going to love this month much more than me!