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The Deeper Issues of Decluttering by Patricia J. Santhuff
article from http://www.organizedforaction.com/
Decluttering is far more than just a physical process. It can be a deeply transformational process, depending on the root causes of why we cluttered in the first place.
Your piles of clutter represent “unfinished business” in one way or another, and as you work toward letting go of piles of accumulated clutter, you’ll probably find yourself facing the necessity of dealing with those buried issues. It’s okay, though; they no longer serve you.
You may find yourself having to let go of plans and dreams you once had for your future; plans and dreams that were once important to you but no longer reflect the person you are now becoming. These unrealized plans and dreams are holding you back and preventing the birth of the new you. In this case, you may find it odd that you are mourning the future – or, a future that might have been. That’s OK. You have a better one waiting for you.
If you do encounter buried issues as you declutter, you’ll have a much better understanding of the reality that clutter really is “stagnant energy”, and not just at the physical level. You will also better understand the Feng Shui principle that everything is interconnected. As Winston Churchill pointed out, we shape our environment and then it shapes us. The corollary, of course, is that any change you make in your consciousness requires or will result in a change in your environment, and any change in your environment affects your consciousness.
If you didn’t have some stuck energy at the mental, emotional, and/or spiritual level, you wouldn’t have all that clutter in the first place. Many people find a “poverty consciousness” beneath all that clutter, but the universe is a place of abundance. You can create abundance for yourself.
You’ll have to achieve enough clarity and enough emotional healing to make decisions you’ve so far been unable to make – about both the clutter and its underlying issues. Don’t hesitate to nurture yourself by finding a great therapist if you want some extra support for your process. It could help you move through it all much faster and more gracefully. Some people find it advantageous to hire a “professional organizer”, especially in the early stages of decluttering.
article from http://www.organizedforaction.com/
Decluttering is far more than just a physical process. It can be a deeply transformational process, depending on the root causes of why we cluttered in the first place.
Your piles of clutter represent “unfinished business” in one way or another, and as you work toward letting go of piles of accumulated clutter, you’ll probably find yourself facing the necessity of dealing with those buried issues. It’s okay, though; they no longer serve you.
You may find yourself having to let go of plans and dreams you once had for your future; plans and dreams that were once important to you but no longer reflect the person you are now becoming. These unrealized plans and dreams are holding you back and preventing the birth of the new you. In this case, you may find it odd that you are mourning the future – or, a future that might have been. That’s OK. You have a better one waiting for you.
If you do encounter buried issues as you declutter, you’ll have a much better understanding of the reality that clutter really is “stagnant energy”, and not just at the physical level. You will also better understand the Feng Shui principle that everything is interconnected. As Winston Churchill pointed out, we shape our environment and then it shapes us. The corollary, of course, is that any change you make in your consciousness requires or will result in a change in your environment, and any change in your environment affects your consciousness.
If you didn’t have some stuck energy at the mental, emotional, and/or spiritual level, you wouldn’t have all that clutter in the first place. Many people find a “poverty consciousness” beneath all that clutter, but the universe is a place of abundance. You can create abundance for yourself.
You’ll have to achieve enough clarity and enough emotional healing to make decisions you’ve so far been unable to make – about both the clutter and its underlying issues. Don’t hesitate to nurture yourself by finding a great therapist if you want some extra support for your process. It could help you move through it all much faster and more gracefully. Some people find it advantageous to hire a “professional organizer”, especially in the early stages of decluttering.
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