No matter what may be going on in your life, clearing your clutter can considerably free your mind and your space. When your space is cluttered, your mind is cluttered. Do you often tell yourself “I can’t get organized because I have too much stuff?” Clearly, there is a problem with this excuse.
Clutter is silent and sneaky. You have come face-to-face with your enemy, yourself.
Opening this door allows you to feel emotions triggered by your past.
You have an attic, a storage shed, a basement, cabinets, a coat closet, a linen closet, 4-6 clothes closets, and now you’re aggravated. You day to day routine does not allow you the time to tackle all of this. You are overwhelmed, period. You think you need to go shopping for storage bins and trendy organizing tools to assist you. Stop right there. You are creating more of a mess.
The problem is not finding a home for all of this stuff; the problem is the homes for all of your stuff are filled with other stuff. Relics from the past, old photos, piles of paper, need I say more? You are too busy moving items from room to room to collect your thoughts and truly get and stay organized.
First, begin with a plan of attack. Make a short and sweet to-do list. This list should include the problem areas that haunt you. Find some bins lying around the house, at least 3, and label them: KEEP, DUMP, and DONATE.
Then, work and sort your way around the room clockwise, putting items in their designated box. This is a simple act of dealing with your stuff, you may think you are just cleaning, but what you are really doing is rooting around in dusty corners of your psyche.
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