A possession can have served you well without needing to stay forever.

Gratitude for an object is often confused with obligation to it. The desk that got you through a hard year did its work, and keeping it out of loyalty asks it to go on doing a job that is finished. Nothing is taken back from the past when a thing leaves the present.

When you are stuck over something you no longer use, try thanking it plainly and letting it go. Take a photograph if the memory needs somewhere to live. The years it was useful stay yours whether or not it is still in the cupboard.