It's difficult to part with beloved objects, routines, and relationships, but sometimes you simply have to clean house to make space for inevitable new chapters in life. When holding onto old routines, relationships, and objects out of habit rather than need or desire occurs you've got to take some time out and figure out how you're going to transition to a new and better place.
I did a bit of this in my kitchen this morning. There were a lot of dishes and tools there that I no longer use. Those objects were taking up space and hindering my kitchen activities which mostly includes preparing meals for loved ones. I moved the unnecessary objects and will offer them to others or give them away at the local thrift store. The added space will buy me time, space, and capacity for cooking and entertaining which I enjoy doing.
The same goes for relationships recalibration. We often find ourselves in outdated, useless, relationship routines that don't serve the relationship well and can even hinder a good relationship. Even though it's difficult to reroute those relationship routines, it is necessary if you want to see a relationship continue. You have to commit to good change often to make better.
We can clean house with regard to objects, relationships, personal routines, mindsets, and more to better our lives--it's a kind of personal spring cleaning to make way for bountiful days ahead. Onward.