Hi everyone...
If you are anything like me, you tend to have things piling up around you... in your office, your closet, your desktop, your working space, your house, your anywhere and everywhere!
And I know many of us, for whatever reason, have very legitimate reasons for having things pile up. We run out of time, too busy, can't physically do it... excuses, excuses excuses! I have used them all!
For many years I read about the importance of getting rid of clutter. In all the personal development material I had absorbed over the years, in all the conferences and seminars I had been to, all pointed to the need to declutter your life.
It took me a long, long time to really understand and appreciate the true value of declutter....of getting rid of unnecessary things in my life.
In all the personal development material, and law of attraction material, the premise is: you need to get rid of the old (things that don't work, the unnecessary, the negative, the junk) before you can begin to let in the new.
These are the tell-tale signs in my life that it is time I need to declutter.
- I'm feeling overwhelmed with everything -- things begin to pile up.
Everyday tasks, even new tasks, which ordinarily would be done with relative ease, become problematic and more difficult. I know I need to declutter...when I can't do things as easily as what I usually do. I don't learn things as quickly (depending on what that is of course). And I get this almighty feeling of being incredibly overwhelmed. - I'm feeling more tired... actually better described as more drained than usual. Years ago, I read in a few different places, that clutter in your life actually takes away a lot of valuable energy in your life. It took me a long time to work that one out! And yes... they are right! Unnecessary clutter is draining.
- Each time I look at my environment (desktop, room, office, closet, house, car) I feel stifled. When the clutter has built up... it weighs me down. I feel like I'm carrying excess weight around (and who wants to do that!). And strangely enough, I don't breathe as good as I do when my environment is decluttered. And when I don't breathe as fully as I can, I don't work, or more importantly play, at my peak.
- When I no longer can easily find what I'm looking for (as opposed to having forgotten what I'm looking for!!). And I hate that! When I know I have something... but because of all the clutter... I just can't find it! I spend untold wasted energy and time looking for something that, if the clutter wasn't there, would be easily found.
- My mood is down. When I have a pile of unwanted things hanging around, things I no longer use, things that really should be thrown out or given away, things that just need to go in the right place, I feel really quite down. I begin to feel somewhat helpless (which is not a good feeling), I tend to be more negative in my thinking and talking (which is definitely not good) and I tend to be more lethargic (definitely a no-no!)
When any of these things begin happening... alarm bells ring and I know it is time to declutter -- right now! Not tomorrow... but right now!
I don't have to do everything at once... but I know I have to get myself into gear to declutter.
It's a choice I have to make ... clutter or declutter... I choose to declutter!
I'll give you some ideas how to go about it in another post.
Can you relate to this? Click on the comment link below and let me know your experiences and thoughts on declutter... and share with us any tips you have we can use! I'd love to hear from you.
Best wishes
Jeanne
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