Renew, Refresh, Reclaim – Your Organized Home and Mind

Kim Wolinski, MSW
“Dr. DeClutter” www.drdeclutter.com

Renew, Refresh, Reclaim – Your Organized Home and Mind

“Negligence produces a lot of dirt.
As in a house, so in the mind,
only a very little dirt collects in a day or two,
but if it goes on for many years,
it will grow into a vast heap of refuse.”

~ Commentary to Sutta Nipata, from "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations”

Our environment and our minds, thoughts and feelings are connected. Like a mirror, if you’re stressed and cluttered in your mind, it will show up in your environment, and visa versa.

Do you get overwhelmed thinking about organizing your WHOLE HOUSE!!? Well, stop that!! You don’t have to organize your “whole house,” just parts at a time.

“What if it takes me months to do?” Then it will! Like weight loss, take time and do it chunk by chunk, you’ll get there.

To start: Choose the most used room or area of your house, schedule ½ to1 hour and dig in. Take a small break and come back for another hour. You may need to revisit this area again a couple times before you’re done, but it’s okay. If you’re over 20 years old, you’ve accumulated “stuff!” If you’re a marathoner like me, you’ll just go at it for about 6 hours straight and fall over exhausted, but happy!

Big payoff: One of the magical and amazing things that happens when we start decluttering is that over time we feel free as we see space where once there was a pile or box or questionable stuff. We start imagining what it would be like having a home with very little in it, sort of that Tibetan Monk type feeling! We notice that we probably wouldn’t even care if all our “important” stuff were gone. Aaaaahhhhooooommmmmm. Okay, now, that said, jump back in for short spurts at a time and “let go” of stuff and things you just don’t want, don’t use and don’t care about. Someone somewhere does need or want it or can use it. Give it away.

TIP: Only have things in your life that are imperative to your life or business; that are functional; that are beautiful; that you love and bring you joy. Boy, that makes it much easier!

It doesn’t matter how much you have, or what you keep,
it only matters that you love it and your environment is safe!

If you need help, I also make “house calls” of course in the Boulder County area, and beyond! And, I can help you on the telephone if you live at a distance… it really works! Call today! 303.485.5280.

©2005 Kim Wolinski – Dr. DeClutter

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