When I moved last year, from Florida to Virginia, I had an interesting experience with distinguishing which items in my life were essential, which were non-essential, and the importance of each.
My Spleen Center is defined on my Human Design chart, but that doesn’t make me immune to “holding on to things for longer than I should,” which is usually the description for an open Spleen Center.
But with my defined Spleen, the impulse to hold onto things seems to come from a different place. It comes more from “in case I’ll need that,” rather than from “I’ll feel better by holding onto this.” Maybe you relate to one (or both!) of these.
When I knew we would be moving, I started by packing the non-essentials that I don’t use often. Seemed like a good strategy. After a few dozen boxes of them, I had to ask myself… if these items are non-essential, why do I have so many of them? If they are not essential, why do I need them at all?
When I finally started packing the “essential” items, I discovered that I had a lot of those too. They may be essential, but how many essentials do I really need?
My perspective continues to evolve about these questions. We finished packing last summer, moved, mostly unpacked and mostly settled in, and now we are packing to move again! (Both moves were/are intentional. All is well.)
This exploration of “essential vs. non-essential” is actually more important than it might seem at first. It applies to life and liberty more broadly than just our individual lives and our “stuff.”
Whether your Spleen Center is defined or open/undefined, it’s useful to ask ourselves, “What do I need to let go of that truly no longer serves me?”
to be continued . . .
