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Sometimes it takes stepping back and re-evaluating your life to discover the radiance within – and I’ve found that by paring down my possessions, specifically the contents of my wardrobe.

After many years living in the same home, you often fall into a rut, surrounded by things you don’t necessarily need or use anymore.

That was me, living with my son in our home in a small town just outside of Portland, Oregon. There was so much clutter, so much excess, that over the past year I embarked on a mission to purge. To get back to basics. To find what makes me shine among all the needless items amassed from years of DIY’s, crafting, buying, being gifted things, and just general mindlessness when it came to holding on to things.

So I began a mission of frugality: to cut back everywhere I could, not only in bills and general consumption, but also in items I had in the house. Items that I did not use – and that were full of memories of times that were not so happy, that dragged me back into a past of dullness and dust every time I looked at them.

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I cleaned out my closet from 7 years of holding onto stuff I wore. Handbags, jewelry, accessories, coats, jeans, tops, lingerie, dresses, skirts, knick-knacks… nothing was immune, and I ended up getting rid of 3/4 of what I owned. It was then, once I had eliminated 75% of what I owned, that I discovered something amazing.

I discovered that when you own less, there is less to take care of. Less time you devote to taking care of it for one thing! (Dusting, cleaning, dry-cleaning, ironing, putting back on hangers, organizing, mending.) Less mental space that it takes up. Fewer memories tugging at you, less of the past rising up to meet you every time you open the closet. And with less choice, amazingly… you have more. Everything goes together, everything fits. The beauty of matching – and the beauty of space in between your garments. Suddenly, what felt cramped and ugly, became beautiful and radiant, simply by embracing less and leaving only what I truly loved. I uncovered this only through paring down to my essentials.

Just as I had to remove layers upon layers of old clothing to get to my core wardrobe of radiance, so does ARM & HAMMER™ Truly Radiant™ Rejuvenating Toothpaste prevents tartar from building up to reveal truly white teeth. But unlike an average whitening toothpaste, this revolutionary toothpaste goes beyond the surface to strengthen, clean and repair tooth enamel for a radiant smile in just 5 days.* (*Data on file.)

It took me a lot longer to clean out and paint my closet, and go through, pare down, and sell my possessions. But with this toothpaste, for less than a $4 investment, you can reveal a whole new smile in less than a week. It has a light and crisp mint flavor, and a cooling sensation that lasts.

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I found my inner strength and radiance by cutting out the non-essentials and only keeping the things that empowered me and made me smile. How will you re-connect with your inner radiance? Leave a comment below to enter for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card!

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