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Value-Added?
7 Steps to Improving Cash Flow and Adding Value to Your Life
What do the following have in common? Your clothes you haven't fit into since your last child was born, your record collection, your closet full of shoes and your old books.
These are things around your home that may not be adding value to your life.
What if you decided to sell your old record collection? I know, I know. You listened to the records when you were a teenager. You were hoping to pass them on to your children and ... When was the last time you actually listened to any of them? Do you even have a turntable any longer? Did you buy CDs or tapes of your favorite artists? Why are the records in your house?
How about the clothes you can no longer wear? As soon as you are no longer nursing, or lose that baby fat, you should be able to squeeze in them again, right? Wrong! If you do happen to get back down to that size, you deserve a new wardrobe! The old clothes you can no longer wear are simply cluttering your closet and making you wish for a body shape that is neither here nor now.
You just had to have the latest purse style (or shoes or sweaters) and now you have 45 purses. You have never even used some of them. Others are pretty to look at, but be realistic. Will you really use a different purse each day?
Think critically as you look around your house. Are your collection of ceramic figurines simply dust collectors or do they really add value to your life?
What is adding value? If your collection gives you pleasure, you are willing to spend your limited time maintaining it and it is reasonable in size, then it may be adding value to your life. Only you can tell if any particular item is adding value or not. I have some jewelry and glassware in a color that is breathtaking to me. I absolutely love to use them, but most of the time I tend to use plastic sippy cups, and I save my glassware for special occasions. Even if I don't use them regularly, these add value to my life. I don't mind maintaining them, even if I use them only three to four times a year.
What if something adds no value to your life?