What a beautiful Spring day!
Blue skies and birds happily flying from branch to branch. The trees are filled with fresh green leaves. The warmer weather is inspiring and the air is filled with joie de vivre !
With this in mind I have thought that it is the perfect week to tackle a little project in the spirit of Spring. Choose a room or closet this week to de-clutter or revamp. The size of the project is up to you. Spend an hour each day to work on it, or even just half an hour a day if time is too tight. Chances are that before the week is out you will have a tidy, Spring-fresh room or cupboard. Even just arranging a tired room can spruce it up without having spent a cent on it. Sort your stuff out into three piles: donate, re-cycle and re-purpose. Remember that your junk might very well be somebody else's treasure!
While you are busy ordering your room or closet, or even just the corner of a room or your desk do a little bit of mind de-cluttering too. Think about all the junk thoughts you are holding onto and stuffed into all the little corners of your mind. Thoughts and toxic ideas, past hurts and grudges we treasure serve only one purpose and that is to stifle our growth and rob us of happiness. Now is the time to pack them into boxes too and send them off to the rubbish dump. Let them go.
It is very interesting to note that the clutter we have in our physical surroundings often is a symptom of emotional clutter. As you organize your space, ask yourself if you really need that box with old make-up, the stash of single earrings or that favourite pair of shoes you absolutely can no longer use? Does it serve any purpose? The same goes for the emotional baggage you are lugging around. Does remembering those unkind words help you to feel better? That wrong you suffered; does it really make you stronger by reminding yourself of it? You have learned the lesson, now let it go.
Worries, fears, grudges and bad memories are all emotional clutter that takes up space in our minds. They drown out the good memories and they steal the happiness that is in the moment. Clutter gathers dust and makes our daily tasks more difficult. Go on, grab a few empty boxes, put your favourite music on its loudest and start chucking out the old with gusto! Have fun!
Blue skies and birds happily flying from branch to branch. The trees are filled with fresh green leaves. The warmer weather is inspiring and the air is filled with joie de vivre !
With this in mind I have thought that it is the perfect week to tackle a little project in the spirit of Spring. Choose a room or closet this week to de-clutter or revamp. The size of the project is up to you. Spend an hour each day to work on it, or even just half an hour a day if time is too tight. Chances are that before the week is out you will have a tidy, Spring-fresh room or cupboard. Even just arranging a tired room can spruce it up without having spent a cent on it. Sort your stuff out into three piles: donate, re-cycle and re-purpose. Remember that your junk might very well be somebody else's treasure!
While you are busy ordering your room or closet, or even just the corner of a room or your desk do a little bit of mind de-cluttering too. Think about all the junk thoughts you are holding onto and stuffed into all the little corners of your mind. Thoughts and toxic ideas, past hurts and grudges we treasure serve only one purpose and that is to stifle our growth and rob us of happiness. Now is the time to pack them into boxes too and send them off to the rubbish dump. Let them go.
It is very interesting to note that the clutter we have in our physical surroundings often is a symptom of emotional clutter. As you organize your space, ask yourself if you really need that box with old make-up, the stash of single earrings or that favourite pair of shoes you absolutely can no longer use? Does it serve any purpose? The same goes for the emotional baggage you are lugging around. Does remembering those unkind words help you to feel better? That wrong you suffered; does it really make you stronger by reminding yourself of it? You have learned the lesson, now let it go.
Worries, fears, grudges and bad memories are all emotional clutter that takes up space in our minds. They drown out the good memories and they steal the happiness that is in the moment. Clutter gathers dust and makes our daily tasks more difficult. Go on, grab a few empty boxes, put your favourite music on its loudest and start chucking out the old with gusto! Have fun!
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