You don’t need your winter coat in May, but you don’t throw it away either. Some tools are just for certain seasons.

Usefulness is seasonal. A coat is no help in May and that says nothing about the coat, and the mistake would be throwing it out because the weather changed. Plenty of things in your life are like that: a strict routine, a mentor, a way of coping that got you through something hard. They are not wrong now, they are simply out of season, and they may be needed again.

Think of something you grew out of and quietly judge yourself for. Put it on the shelf rather than in the bin, and notice what the current weather actually calls for.