Naming It What It Is

"Naming things gives us power over them. If you label all your crap "crap," you'd probably feel a lot better." David Allen (whole article found here)

David Allen apparently is a Get Things Done guru who I will need to read a bit more of to see what I can learn from him. As I was reading his brief article though the above quote jumped out at me in relationship to the life of simplicity that I have been wanting more of these days. I have to ask myself if I'm willing to name the things in my life that really are crap? The feelings of resentment over words spoken years ago, the anxiousness over what might come in the future, and all those other things that are stuffed inside of me, are they really worth holding on to? I know that simplicity is usually thought of as the stuff on the outside that we live with, but for me it starts on the inside and that is where I need to simplify my life to start.