Simple living - what's your incentive?

[JaneV2.0]

My incentive was that I didn't like working for a living. Now that I'm long retired (which, I'm sorry to say, simple living didn't have much to do with)--problem solved.

[Teacher Terry]

My good friend lost her 19 yo daughter 4 years ago and within a month I helped her get rid of her things and only keep a few special things. It was really tough and of course everyone is still grieving. I can't imagine how much tougher it would be if her room was left untouched. They actually moved to a different house which helped because there no longer was a Hannah's room. Getting rid of a person's stuff never means forgetting them. They live in your heart and mind forever.

[sylvia]

Wow teacher Terry, thats really hard. My grandmother passed away in 1995 and her things are still there but last summer mice raided her apartment and estroyed half the stuff. Which was sad the memories or the stuff.I guess that taught us a lesson. now I donate what I dont need and keep the pictures of our memories.