They looked at me, the locals, in quiet disgust, as if I could expect no less than otters in the kitchen, the way I was after letting things go.

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But with planning, by letting the little things go, and taking full advantage of mobile technology, you will swim!

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De-cluttering it seems (with or without Feng Shui) can be a process of letting go of things that have been holding you back or distracting you from your current life.

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Hall, 54, said: "At a certain age you just want to just get rid of things" and she was "letting go of the past".

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