Memory Dump #22

Weekly Digest for November 18th, Year 7532

Exclusive content from The Reversion for paid subscribers: Every week—I will share a post (like the one below) where I write about the most interesting things I discovered from the week that I haven’t shared anywhere else. It’s called the “Memory Dump” because its a random collection of information I’ve logged in my journal that I post publicly. My goal is that these weekly digests can be read in three minutes or less.

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Hello friend.

"How does this add value to my life?"

This is the question I've been asking myself countless times in the past few weeks I've spent getting rid of personal belongings to declutter my living space.

If I didn't have an answer to that question, into the donation bin it goes. I did this for every single personal item I own as I packed up all the things in my 4 bedroom home to move into my RV so I can live below my means and focus more on writing.

And here's the thing: it felt amazing. 

As I got got rid of the first few things that I've held for years and never used, it created a snowball effect. The dopamine kicked in as I scanned the house looking for more stuff to get rid of. After donating bins of unneeded things, I didn't feel sad or like I had lost anything of value, I felt a huge relief. I did this 2 more times during my moving process and will continue decluttering as I move into the RV.

A really great approach I learned from the podcast The Minimalists, is to pack everything up into labeled boxes and only remove items from the boxes as needed. Whatever is still in boxes after 2-3 months, consider getting rid of it.

Here are 3 lessons I learned through this process that have helped me to gain more mental clarity and find insane focus in my life.