4 things I am ruthlessly decluttering in my 20s to avoid the clutter becoming lifelong baggage

A green living toom, with a cream two-seater sofa, a green sofa opposite it, and a leather-topped coffee table in the center of them. .

Somewhere between my college graduation and turning 25, I stopped clinging on to being a student and pretending to be an adult and actually started feeling like one. Along with that shift came a sudden realization: A lot of my stuff was no longer serving me, even though it was a little heartbreaking to admit it.

So I decided to start decluttering in my mid-20s before the clutter of my student days became baggage in my next decade. That's why I have let go of anything that wasn't supporting the more grown-up version of myself that I am becoming.