Badassery Magazine August 2018 Issue 27 | Page 53

makes you feel guilty or that after- dinner dessert that always tastes so good, but then makes you feel jittery later and keeps you wide awake at night? They might be a little harder to spot. If you actually want to spot them at all! Yes, I’m calling you (and all of us) out. There are some forms of crap that we don’t necessarily want to see that way because we know that’ll mean getting rid of it and we’re not quite ready to do that yet. But, I hate to tell ya... until you face ALL the toxic things in your life and start cutting them out, you won’t be able to experience real change. So, even though it’s difficult... start looking around your life and identifying what is bringing you down, holding you back, making you feel tired or sick, making you feel unworthy or undesirable, keeping you from reaching your potential or just plain stressing you out. This my dear, is your crap. Because I’m guessing the reason a lot of it is there in the first place is because you felt too ______ to get rid of it. You can fill in the blank - guilty, pressured, sad, angry, “THE POINT IS TO GET RID OF ALL THAT EXCESS, TOXIC STUFF THAT HAS BEEN BRINGING YOU DOWN AND KEEPING YOU FROM LIVING YOUR BEST POSSIBLE LIFE.” 2. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO GET RID OF IT. Again, you may be thinking, “Whaaaat? Give myself permission? Obviously, I have permission to get rid of stuff, it’s mine!” But, do you really? addicted, satisfied, lonely, whatever shoe fits. When it comes down to it, the only reason you still have it - is YOU. But, I’m not telling you that to make you feel bad. In fact, it should do quite the opposite! It should make you feel empowered, liberated and free! Because