Out with the old....

I've missed you guys! Although you've been keeping me busy reading all your mentions on my posts from last year. Thank you :)

At this time of year, like most other business owners, I start to plot and plan whats going to be happening for the year ahead. I sort out my personal / business space, throw away all the rubbish i've stored in THAT drawer. (You all have THAT drawer or cupboard, lets not pretend.) I start to make room for what's important and what really isn't any more. Do I REALLY need the receipt from last February for the pack of tampons? I think not.

Whilst we're all busy de-cluttering our drawers and cupboards we should also add something else to the "clean me" list - Our Friends. Yep, I said it. Sometimes people are much a source of clutter in your life as things are.

Now, I don't recommend disposing of your things and friends in the same way. I'm not sure my dustbin man would have appreciated me putting my friends in to 5 black bin liners and leaving them on the roadside ready for him to squash in to oblivion...

But you DO need to get rid of the neg heads. The ones who take and never put back in to the relationships. These could be people you met in school, the woman who works in the local cafe, a business associate. You need to collect people just as much as you need to collect tampon receipts, or whatever the male equivalent is.

Have you ever opened a cupboard in your kitchen and the next thing you know you're covered in plastic pots with no lids and other bowls and pans?

Life and even social media can be just like that cupboard. We keep filling it up and one day it's all bound to come crashing down on you. You'll have an old friend who, like the pot with no lid, used to close and be useful. You'd spend every lunch time together, you needed each other. Now, well, they're just an empty pot with no lid. The likelihood is, they feel the same about you too.

You've probably had thoughts about them. Thoughts that made you feel heavy and uneasy. You both know the relationship / friendship is over. Every time you see their face pop up on Facebook, you roll your eyes and keep scrolling.

Sometimes you just need to say good bye.

If you keep in contact to be polite, it might be worth having a conversation with them to say you feel you should go separate ways. If you haven't spoken to them in ages, just hit the 'unfriend' button on social media.

I do this a few times throughout the year and believe me, it makes you feel a whole lot lighter. After the initial shock of "OMG What have I just done??" dies away.

Anyway, let me know how you get on...
And remember, It's going to be ok.

Until next time.
Much Love
Miss Make It Happen
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