8 Easy Steps to No More Clutter. Sometimes it seems as if our lifestyle is built on the consumption and possession of stuff.
But where does the old stuff go, once we’re on to newer and better things? Usually into the land of household clutter! Like used plastic shopping bags stuck on the branches of a riverbank tree, our clutter poisons our view and enjoyment of the objects that we do need and want and use. Most people don’t know how to get rid of clutter. The trick is to take it step by step. 1. Essential. 2. 3. 4. 5. How to Create a Beautiful Bedroom. The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
Ogden Nash When the day is done and the shoes are finally off, what does your bedroom say to you? ‘Come on in, I’m ready with a hug?’ Or, ‘Excuse the smelly sheets and the odd bug?’ A bedroom is a sanctuary. Choose Peace-promoting Colours: Lavender, violet, blue and green are relaxing colours that have a profoundly calming effect on the mind. How to Use Color to Empower Your Life Pamper Your Sense of Touch: A bed is all about relaxing in. Serenade Your Sense of Smell: Lavender works wonders in the bedroom, because it has soothing and healing properties. 7 Ways to Make Your Living Space Smell Nice Light it Right: Bright lights urge you to be active, soft ones calm you down. Declutter Your Way to Peace and Beauty.
Practitioners of meditation have long known that spiritual growth leads to less clutter, but a new trend does it in reverse.
People are now decluttering their way to spiritual growth! The end result from both processes is the same: Simplicity brought about by a yearning for peaceful beauty. Peaceful beauty! Such a place is not where you find old stuck energy that has ended in a confused mess! Declutter to De-Stress and Organize. The change of seasons always inspires me to declutter in hopes of having some sort of a new start and a less stressful life.
Clutter always makes me feel like I have things to do so I don’t feel as though I can just relax. If only decluttering was as simple as putting everything away. But discernment of your personality in regard to your clutter quotient is important, too. For me, I feel my life is sterile if I don’t have some clutter, so that complicates the process for me. I am sure you have your personality glitches that interfere, too. With all of this in mind I decided to aggregate a number of Care2 clutter articles that have been popular over the years.
How Clutter Affects You. Most people have no idea how much their clutter affects them. You may actually fondly believe yours to be an asset, or at least a potential asset, after it has been sorted through and organized. Clutter and Depression (Page 3) Does clutter cause depression?
Does depression cause clutter? At any given moment during a high-clutter period in my household, I may argue the validity of both of these scenarios. Clutter has a special way of inspiring stress and frustration, which, more often than not, abets the inability to combat the mess. It becomes circular–which came first, the chicken or the egg? In the end, it seems to snowball into a tangled mess of tension and depression and it’s hard to tell what’s causing what. Chronic disorganization is not a medical diagnosis, nor is it a generally specified symptom of depression–but ask just about anyone who suffers from clutter if they feel there is some type of link, and I bet 99 percent will say yes. According to an article in The New York Times, excessive clutter and disorganization are often symptoms of a bigger health problem. Clear Your Clutter in Six Steps. Clutter makes chaos.
Susan Levitt defines clutter as items that are not stored properly (so either you can’t find them when you need them or you’re constantly tripping over them), items you don’t need or use that still take up space, and items you dislike that you feel obligated to keep. But you can conquer your clutter! Here are six steps to rid your home and your life of clutter forever: First, categorize your stuff. You can do this room by room, since most of us are overwhelmed by the thought of doing the whole house all at once. Essential: The things you need and use regularly. Favorites: Your treasured mementos and favorite pieces of art. Other people’s stuff: Things that you have borrowed, including rented videos and library books, and items that just don’t feel like they should belong to you anymore. Annoying: Dirty laundry, junk mail, old magazines. Disgusting: Moldy food, junk food wrappers, that kind of thing.