REJUVENATION LOUNGE

By Carole Fogarty

Editor Rejuvenation Lounge and facilitator of Women’s Rejuvenation Retreats

 

Rejuvenate Your Home:

 

Clutter represents a build up of too much yin (stagnant/stale/dead) energy in your home, which in turn can lead to confusion, a depletion of energy or procrastination.  The interesting part is you don’t even need to see the clutter to be effected by it.

I know from my own personal experience, there is no easier way to change any problem or situation in life than by having a serious clutter clearing session.  It simply shifts energy - and then your life moves forward.

 

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Clear Your Thoughts by Clearing Your Clutter:

 

Last week I had the urge to empty my head.  My thinking had become a little foggy, fragmented and scattered.  So for the past 3 days I have been on a major clutter busting frenzy, and I mean a whole 3 full days. No corner was left untouched.

Whilst my home is not big, and there is certainly not much excess stuff - I was surprised at the amount of clutter I did find.

I clear clutter regularly, yet, surprise, surprise more clutter had appeared since the beginning of this year.  That’s life with three boys.

I emptied every cupboard, even if it had no clutter.  I’m a firm believer that uplifting and refreshing an empty space (by wiping out and infusing it with essential oils or incense) removes any stagnant energy that may have accumulated plus it makes your home feel lighter.

I am now officially back in love with all my draws, cupboards, rooms and hidden spaces  - and the foggy thinking has lifted.

 

 

Clearing Clutter Moves Your Life Forward:

 

To inspire you find your clutter clearing groove I’ve shared a few games below which I have used over the years.  It’s all a matter of finding an approach that works for you. My personal favourite is to pretend I’m about to move overseas.

Enjoy.

 

1: Pretend You Are Moving - Overseas:

Act as if something great is about to happen in your life. You’re moving overseas, interstate, moving home or about to live on a boat.

For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while now will know that at the beginning of last year I assumed the position that I was about to move overseas.  Yeah! After 2 months my home and life had never been so up to-date and organized.  It’s also worth mentioning that many great things started happening not long after.

You are welcome to read my guest post over at unclutter from July 2008.

 

2: Pick a Number between 1 and 10:

This is a great little game I learnt from space clearing expert Karen Kingston.   I’ve recommend her book Clear Your Clutter many times on this blog.

Simply choose a number between 1 - 10, write the number on a piece of paper, leave it somewhere obvious, and that’s the number of things you must clear from your home each day.

Trust me, this is actually quite a fun clutter game.

 

3: Start a daily 30 second clutter clearing habit:

Lack of time can no longer be your excuse for not clearing your clutter.   Anyone can spare 30 seconds to throw out at least one (and hopefully more) unwanted, unloved things from your home.

30 seconds requires virtually no energy, effort or thinking power.   This game is also perfect if you are feeling in total overwhelm at the very thought of clearing out your clutter.

To grow your 30 second clutter clearing muscle simply start with something easy like your clothes or a kitchen draw.  You then have 30 seconds to find one or two things that you no longer need.

To further boost your enthusiasm, here’s a fabulous super short video called  Weed out useless utensils by Peter Walsh

 

4:  Buy one thing then, throw two things out:

This game is easy and the rules very obvious.

If you buy one thing for your kitchen then make sure you throw out two things (from your kitchen) that you no longer need, that are broken, have missing lids, have expired etc.

If you buy a new pillow go through your linen closet and throw out two unwanted towels, sheets, pillow slips etc.

This is a great way to stop the build up of clutter with minimum of fuss.

 

* Let go of your emotional clutter:

* Simple solutions when you can’t shift your clutter

* Detox your home and feel brand new

 

Thanks so much for reading my article, Carole.

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