Have you ever been in a situation where you or anyone around you, especially your loved ones, felt difficulty getting rid of stuff?

“Stuff” as in any type of possession that one provides special significance to both emotionally and financially. From money to a house, an iPhone 12 or beyond, a Bianchi bike, a frying pan gifted by your grandmother, book collections, old furniture, etc. are some examples of stuff.

Having difficulty parting with things we value is a type of normal human behavior, and each individual is unique in their environment. Individuals’ difficulty in parting with things is based psychologically. In other words, our tendency to hold on to stuff is based in the frontal lobe part of the brain.

You, the reader, may suggest, “Why don’t they just toss it?” There are some situations that, according to several neurological studies, might be the reason why people just don’t toss things away.

Different levels of loss aversion

1. Lack of permission
2. Lack of instructions
3. Lack of knowledge
4. Not aware of an alternative
5. I borrowed it, and don’t know if they want it back
6. Out of sight, out of mind
7. “Just in case”, I may need it someday
8. Can’t waste
9. Someone from my family may need it 
10. Sentimentality
11. Overwhelmed
12. Don’t know where to begin
13. Not ready; waiting for the right time
14. Not a priority
15. Fear of loss or letting go
16. Regret of losing,  

Of course, everyone has a different level or intensity of loss aversion. Many people simply don’t feel that they have permission to get rid of things. Others couldn’t decide what to do with each item or how to proceed with the decision to keep or toss it.

Attics, basements, and garages are filled with boxes of past taxes and paid bills. Closets, wardrobes, cabinets, and drawers are filled with old clothing, accessories, papers, books, and household items. Just because the owners don’t know when they can discard or shred the material.

However, there is another phenomenon in regard to selling, donating, giving it away to someone, or just tossing stuff away that is also associated with the pain and anxiety of making choices.

So what’s the treatment now?

Letting things go or clearing out a garage, a closet, or a home often requires empowerment. One needs to be reassured that they are adults, and it’s their stuff to do with as they like.

The ability to finally get rid of things by either gifting them to someone else, selling them, donating them or just tossing them away must be developed over time. This is why people who are willing to take chances on the possibility of making gains, helping others, letting go of stuff, and moving on live a contented life.

How BeWizor helps to deal with it?

BeWizor envisaged the problem of homes becoming cluttered due to the accumulation of immense possessions, ultimately leading to the consequences of environmental degradation in homes.

To prevent this from happening, BeWizor comes with an in-built avatar, i.e., the BeWizor Avatar, which is likely a companion that will keep constant supervision of assets (stuff) registered within the app and advise you on how to make better judgments and decisions regarding personal possessions.

The decisions about how to discard accumulated possessions no longer of use or how focused and timely maintenance can make an asset better and maximize its lifetime are all guided by BeWizor.

BeWizor actively supports and encourages the sustainability of its users’ assets. The app intends to maximize the lifetime of your assets through correct and better maintenance advice. Either advise you to list assets on Marketplace, where you can list your assets and rent, share, split, or transfer them as per your requirements.

Using BeWizor’s impeccable features to manage and maintain personal belongings ultimately adds value and promotes the complete usage of assets.

The app’s features, interface, and functionality are built in such a way that one who uses BeWizor day-to-day will inculcate the habit of low wastage, give long-term usage to valuable assets, and give advice on how to live a more sustainable lifestyle.

Wind Up

All in all, becoming attached to some “stuff” because it has sentimental value or some other type of value is okay. However, it is important to remember that it is just “stuff” and that, in life, it is sometimes more important to let go of stuff and move on.

Just imagine: if a natural disaster strikes in your home, it is more important to save the lives of you and your loved ones than to cry over lost possessions.

Or, to make it simple, if you’re planning to relocate your home from one city to another, won’t you decide what to keep and what to discard due to the increased cost of shipping possessions across the country due to the sharp increase in gasoline? And, so, lots of our “stuff has been either ethically tossed out by giving it away to some, transferred, or donated to those in need.

So, it’s a virtuous cycle. Freeing up your mind from holding on stuff, and in turn, your mind to part things and become organized will feel clearer.

Install the BeWizor app and register all your assets, and let BeWizor seamlessly manage and maintain all your treasured possessions.