Letting things go

As we have been getting ready for this move and big change in our lives, I have a growing list in my head of things we have been letting go. Many of these things are things that I am letting go with a huge sense of relief, things that have been weighing me down, things that should go (my current job is probably topmost here).

There are other things that I find myself feeling more attached to, things I am having a harder time letting go of....

And then there are things that feel more like they are a sign of slipping standards and of, well
'letting things go'...down, letting things crumble etc.

So here is my list of things I've let go of:

• grad school papers, cause, really, I'm never going to do that PhD now, and even if I do! (sorry mom)
• our beautiful brown leather sofa...sigh.
• anything moldy. I don't care how valuable a photo/document/clothing item it was, if it got moldy in our basement, it's gone!
• lots and lots of books, even ones that I read....this is very hard for an anxious sometimes insomniac like me. Books = entertainment, security, something to do when I can't sleep. Many of them are like old friends....but sometimes, even old friends get moldy.
• some totally functional and even attractive dishes. We will not now, nor ever in future, need 6+ teacup saucers with no matching teacups, even if they were my grandma's.

And here's my other list, the things I've let go of that are more akin to slipping standards. We've let go of:

• rules about our youngest daughter's pacifier use. She gets it pretty much any damn time she pleases these days--with all the disruption in our lives, she can use all the comfort she can get!
  
• our usual virtually tv free parenting style. The girls have now memorized multiple episodes of Dora and Diego (did you know he's a very special child?) and we are discovering how easy it is to get things done when they are rotting their brains in front of the glowing box.
• our from scratch lifestyle-- a lot more things are being made from a mix around here lately (within the limitations of our youngest's crazy food sensitivities) and we've been frequenting our local pataterie a lot more too! (mmmm....fries cooked in lard are soy free!

What kinds of things have you let go of in order to simplify your life? Any regrets?