Rory and Lorelai.
I love that they are always shopping, acquiring stuff, saving stuff, and reminiscing as they look through their old stuff. There are also periodically these times when they realize that they have to sort through it all and let some go to make room in their lives for new stages. Remember when they had all the bags of stuff in their living room for the town rummage sale? Watching them struggle to get rid of obsolete things that had memories attached perfectly captured what we all go through as we try to let go of things.
It's a process and usually we just need to let go of a little at a time, just the things that have no value for us anymore. Think of the scene when Rory walks into her room and her mom had taken down all the Harvard stuff and replaced it with Yale, allowing their lives to go in that new direction.
But other times, it really is time to get rid of everything. Remember when they are trying to clear out the garage and it's full of so much old stuff? I love when Rory is so excited to see an old stuffed animal and then it starts moving because it's full of bugs or something. Yuck! They kept getting excited about things they saw in there until they realized it was all pretty worthless.
It's seems so funny that they kept it in there for all those years, but really that's how most of us are too. It's hard to let go, but look at what happened once they did. They made room for new stages. That garage, once emptied, became a new space which hosted Luke's boat, became a crafty place for Lorelai during a transitional period, and home to Lane's band; all passing but important stages.
Sort your stuff. All the things we hold on to represent stages, people or issues we are also holding on to in our lives. Don't hold on to things that have negative energy or memories associated with them. Only keep things you love or that you use. Keep things that represents who you are now and where you are headed.
Sometimes the best thing about sorting your stuff is that you find things that you do love, but have forgotten about. Also, the more old obsolete stuff you get rid of, the more space you have to go find new things you love right now; a perfect excuse to go shopping!
