We must begin by saying a locket is not an easy object to destroy and it will use as many tactics against you, to avoid his termination at all costs. With this is mind you need to be utterly certain, that this action is completely necessary, and my this I mean the object has threatened your own survival. For this reason its indispensable for you to understand the reasons why the locket existed to begin with, or perhaps the names of all the people that have open it throughout history, and the time of day they have done so. You need to understand that the locket believes himself to be an object of intrinsic value for its owner, so in order to trick it to believe on its own importance and caught it off guard, the person in charge of destroying the locket should could be the carrier of such an object. We recommend that you wear the locket for seven days and nights without removing it before destroying it.

Try to think about the moment of destruction as much as possible since lockets are known for reading the thoughts of the people that carries them. For this we recommend finding a metaphor for the locket, like your own self. Think about self-destruction but never about the object. There is a higher probability to succeed in destroying it if the end of the seven days aligns with a full moon. If all this conditions are met, please proceed in the following manner. Take a deep breath and think about two oceans that can be seen from two windows that face each other in the corner of a room. While doing so, grab the locket with the right hand and open it and cover it entirely with a black cloth . With the left hand take the locket off and set it over a table near a window where the light of the moon can hit the locket when the black cloth is removed. Choose the weapon of your choice, and be ready to destroy the locket. You have only one chance to do so, so be prepared and don’t take to long. Then, take the weapon in your right hand and be ready to assault as soon as the covering is removed. We highly discourage using guns or any sort, since the bullet can ricochet and hit you causing your own death. When you are entirely ready remove the black cover and attack the locket at the same time that the moonlight hits it. If you succeed you will then hear a very high pitch scream and the locket with separate into two pieces. Collect the pieces and throw them into the nearest body of water. We warm you that most attempts fail and thrift stores and antique shops are full of such cases of emotional and mental weakness…The results of failing might be fatal.

inspired by "Historias de Cronopios y de Famas", Julio Cortázar, 1962