Clearing Clutter by Alexandra Chauran

Author:Alexandra Chauran
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: clearing, clearing clutter, how to clear clutter, meditation, empowerment, magic
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2015-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

Clearing-Clutter Tip: If you’re a visual sort of person, try color coding your day planner or online calendar.

For example, work projects could be green, family appointments pink, medical appointments in blue, leisure time in purple, and so on.

That way, you can quickly see whether your life is getting out of balance or overwhelmed. All free time is not equal.

If you have too much work on your plate and not enough play, you will need to make slight adjustments as time marches on.

Give yourself the gift of downtime and even boredom. What about a retreat? Whether a weekend of camping or a stay at a hotel, giving yourself a time away from the usual demands of your schedule can help you gain perspective about what you really want and need. If you can’t afford a real retreat, give yourself a virtual retreat by simplifying your schedule down to just the basics. Aside from what you need to keep your family going, cancel all your social obligations and step down from any leadership or hosting positions you don’t really need to fill. Those opportunities will still be there later if you decide to add things back into your life. Once you’ve simplified things down to the basics, it may be easier to determine which things are more important than others. When your plate is too full, everything on your schedule appears (falsely) to be just as important as everything else.

The Right Attitude Toward Life

An attitude adjustment may be in order if you find your mind cluttered with negativity. There was a reason your mother told you that if you have nothing nice to say to say nothing at all. Years ago, I decided to take that advice. Previously, I had thought I was being honest and open by sharing my complaints all the time. Our culture of oversharing and constant social media certainly encourages this. But it turns out that this habit encourages a bad attitude.

After realizing I was just feeding my own negativity, I kept my whining to a minimum. This doesn’t mean I never complained again; however, when I spoke about a problem that needed a solution, I allowed my displeasure to be voiced. Perhaps I could get some help solving the problem. But if the problem was unsolvable, permanent, or out of my control, I learned not to give it more power over my life by mentally and verbally obsessing about it. If each of us gave voice to every complaint we had in life, from the grit between our toes to the glare of the sun in the sky, there wouldn’t be enough minutes in the day to catalogue all those complaints. So instead, let them go.

Focus on positive thoughts. When you put out positive thoughts and energy into the universe, you will receive that energy in return. At first, you might have to fake it until you make it. Face a person you don’t care for and think to yourself, “I like you.” Or pick one thing you like about that person if you think saying you like him or her too disingenuous.

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