Clutter Clearing
Why clutter clearing
- Frees up energy and space
- Destroys disorder
- Creates new energy
- New energy = new possibilities
The effects of clutter on you
- Unnecessary burden: physical, mental, emotional
- Loss of focus, disorientation
- Frustration, depression
- Limitations in space and time
- Excessive worry, guilt (the more stuff you have, the more attention it needs)
- Increased burden of responsibility
- Fear
Practical tips
- Return everything you borrowed
- Rid yourself of second copies
- Think about what you purchase twice: Do I really need it? Do u really like it? Enjoy it?
- Once you made the decision, act upon it immediately!
Clutter clearing check list
- Does it lift my energy?
- Do I absolutely love it?
- Is it genuinely useful?
Examples of physical clutter
- Whatever you don’t use every day
- Clothes that don’t fit
- Used shoes, socks without pairs
- Whatever is not working, broken
- Stuff that you think “you might use one day”
- Unwanted presents
- All paperwork “you might use one day”
- Personal correspondence, Christmas cards from people you don’t even remember
- Cooking recipes you shall never be able to cook
- Old newspapers deep down you know you will never read
- Unfinished projects
- Empty flower pots, dead flowers
- Old, used tickets
- Half-used and expired make up, toiletries, vitamins, medication
- When too much stuff is jam-packed in to a very little space
Examples of mental clutter
- Never completed “to-do” lists
- Stuff you always procrastinate
- Guilt trips that fix blame on others
- All thoughts in your head that blame others including yourself
- Thoughts that help pejoratively judge yourself or others
- False beliefs, old misconceptions, delusions about people, things, events, etc.
- Old grudges you cling onto just to blame others
Examples of emotional clutter
- Fears you always avoid facing
- Anger that remained unexpressed
- Stuff you regret over and over and over again
- All things you accumulate out of fear of loss
BE BRAVE! ELIMINATE IMMEDIATELY ANYTHING YOU DON’T NEED!
