Monthly Archives: January 2007
Another 27 Fling Boogie
Declutter activity for today:
Today, we are doing the “27-Fling Boogie!”
- Grab a trash bag.
- Run through the house as fast as you can and dispose of 27 items.
- Put the bag in the trash.
- Do not look through it.
- Don’t re-clutter your home – De-Clutter!
I know there are still things in your house that you are nostalgically holding onto that don’t truly serve your highest self! You know what those things are! Take a quick gut check – can you get rid of one of those things today and still feel all right with the world? If so, just DO IT!
The point is to do this as quickly as possible so we are not spending more time than necessary decluttering and we can get to the fun stuff in our day.
From: Sink Reflections
by Marla Cilley
Helpful People and Travel – Overview
Life is not about doing it all by yourself, every day, every time. By allowing others to help us, we give them the opportunity to stretch and grow by helping us. Being in the flow of life means we give, and we allow others the chance to give to us. Be gracious in accepting help
Finding balance in the Helpful People and Travel area of your home can help make the following improvements in your life:
- You will find yourself being treated more fairly and honestly.
- You’ll find yourself at the right place at the right time more consistently.
- The right people will become more available and willing to help you or teach you.
- Things will run more smoothly.
- Traveling will become less stressful and chaotic, and more fun.
- Your intuition or divine guidance will become more easily accessible.
- You will get more done because you won’t be doing it all yourself.
- Feelings like “If I don’t do it, it won’t get done” or “It’s always up to me” will disappear.
Note:
If you are unsure of where the helpful people and travel area is, see these posts:
Removing Hazards to Creativity
Today we are removing hazardous elements in the creativity and children area of the home.
Fire is not good for this area. If you have a fireplace in this area, you can cure it by placing a large mirror over the fireplace, or a large picture of water. Carved ducks and fish can bring in the water element also. Candles are not good for this area.
Red is not good here. Red keeps your creativity fired up all the time and can eventually burn you out.
Triangular and pointy objects also represent fire and do not belong here.
If anything is literally blocked in this area, such as doors, drawers, furniture, walkways – unblock it immediately so the energy can flow freely to all areas.
From Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
by Karen Rauch Carter
Note:
If you are unsure of where the creativity and children area is, see these posts:
Removing Hazards to Relationships
Today we are removing hazardous elements from the Relationships and Love area of our homes:
Get rid of pictures of ex-lovers, icebergs, anything depressing or violent. Also cactus, Venus flytraps, stinkweed, and weapons will not enhance this area and must go!
The air conditioner and refrigerator, if located here, will chill out your love life instead of heating it up, so you will want to make certain to use enhancements and cures in this area.
Get rid of “singles” items – bring in a guest pillow, get rid of pictures of you all alone. Don’t bring games into this area – you don’t want game-playing in your relationship.
This area is not for storage, unless you want a relationship with a lot of baggage.
If the television is here, it may be a distraction that comes between you and your partner. If your ex’s stuff is still here, it will keep you hanging on to the past.
If you must keep these items here, drape them in a fabric that will enhance this area, such as pink or red.
From Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
by Karen Rauch Carter
Note:
If you are unsure of where the relationship and love area is, see these posts:
Removing Hazards to Fame and Reputation
Today we are removing hazards to the Fame and Reputation area. This picture is a perfect example of what NOT to put in this area.
Water in this area douses the fire you need here.
If your bathroom happens to be in this area, add an earth element such as potted plants in ceramic pots or a yellow soap-on-a-rope in the shower. Move the fish tank out of this area. A painting of an ocean scene does not belong here.
Black symbolizes water, so remove any black items. Mirrors also symbolize water, so try to remove any big mirrors.
Remove anything that symbolizes what you are NOT about: a sad clown, photos of infamous people, depressing pictures, or pictures of animals that are associated with negative traits (sharks, leeches, pigs, toads, rats, etc) should all go!
From Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
by Karen Rauch Carter
Note:
If you are unsure of where the fame and reputation area is, see these posts:
Removing Hazards to Prosperity
For the next few days we will be removing hazardous elements from the areas we have been working on.
Prosperity area:
Get rid of broken items. If it’s broke, you’re broke.
Remove reminders of broke or bad times. If your refrigerator is in your Prosperity area, take some dollar bills and roll them up and place them in the freezer. Then you will always have “cold cash” when you need it.
Remove trash cans. If you HAVE to have one in this area, use one with a lid and place a red line around the rim of the can with red paint, red tape, or red fingernail polish. This will stop your chi from ending up at the local landfill.
Dried flowers and dead plants are not welcome in the Prosperity area.
If there is a fireplace in the Prosperity area, it can suggest that you burn through money, or your money is going up in smoke. Balance out the fireplace by adding a water element, such as the color black, or a mirror over the mantel.
Is there a toilet in your Prosperity area? This will suck the cash out of your wallet faster than anything else. Balance this out using two mirrors facing each other in the bathroom.
Or place a small mirror on the floor behind the toilet, or in the tank, making sure the mirrors are facing up. This will uplift the chi. You can also place an eye-catching picture high up, so whoever enters the bathroom looks up. .
Or maybe you could get this innovative mirrored toilet lid. I found it at the invention connection.
From Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
by Karen Rauch Carter
Note:
If you are unsure of where the prosperity area is, see these posts:
Clear That Corner
For today’s decluttering project, we will be working to improve the flow of chi.
Find one corner in your home that is dark, dirty, or cluttery. Take a few minutes to put away or throw away the junk that has accumulated, and then really clean it up. Clear the cobwebs, shine the woodwork, dust the surface.. do whatever is needed to really brighten up that one little spot.
Once it’s clean, light a candle, burn some incense, or spritz a floral scent into the air. If you really feel inspired, add a vase with flowers or hang a wind chime.
Enhancing The Flow of Chi
Today’s task is to take a leisurely walk through your home and try to visualize how the chi flows. Take a pencil and paper with you and make note of the changes you might want to make.
Wherever the chi flow in a room is disrupted, difficulties occur. Anyone who has ever walked down a windy street flanked by high buildings will know that the gusts are always worse at the corners of buildings where the wind whips up into a spiral.
Where there are edges, we should aim to soften them. Plants are one solution and fabrics are another. Wherever possible, make columns rounded. Square columns are not conducive to the free flow of chi because their four corners point knife-like into the room.
Having the edges of furniture pointing at us can make us feel uncomfortable, as can the edges of shelves and fireplaces. We can use plants to soften shelf edges near where we sit.
Corners of rooms are often dark, so it is a good idea to place something colorful there, like a vase of silk flowers for example. Alternatively, you can use something that moves, such as a lava lamp or a water feature. Putting plants in dark corners where stagnant chi accumulates will help the chi to move on. Spiky plants are particularly good provided they are away from chairs where they could direct “poison arrows” upwards toward the occupants.
Alcoves filled with shelves on either side of a fireplace help prevent a stagnant area there, provided they are not crammed full, and some gaps are left.
Does your home have an attic room with a sloping ceiling? Sleeping or working under a slope depresses personal chi and these areas do nothing to aid the regenerative process of sleep nor creative process during the day. Use such rooms as hobby, or play rooms, or for any activity of a temporary nature. Use mirrors and lights to create the illusion of lifting the slope.
Beams are not recommended in Feng Shui because they can be oppressive when positioned over a bed, stove, or desk, and suppress the chi of the people beneath them. Move the dining table, desk or bed if it sits directly under a beam. You can reduce the effect of beams by hanging small light colored objects from them, and/or painting them a light color. Do not hang large heavy objects below a beam or anything that collects dust.
Doors represent our freedom and our access to the outside world; they are also a barrier, acting as protection, supplying support and comfort. Doors which squeak, stick, have broken latches, or handles too close to the edge so we scrape our knuckles whenever we open them should all be repaired. Keep a wedge close to the doors that might slam irritatingly in the breeze.
Windows act as our eyes on the world. If our access or vision through them is impeded in any way, we may suffer problems as a consequence. Everyone should have a view of the sky through the seasons or they will lose their connection with the natural world. Stained glass panels in doors permit light and lift the energy in dark spaces. Adding an attractive stained-glass hanging can offer some privacy while creating a lively energy in the room.
From The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui by Gill Hale
Mastering The Concept of Chi
Many of the principles can be easily applied to the home. The most difficult concept in Feng Shui is learning about chi. The below illustration will allow you to visualize how energy moves and how it may become stagnant, stuck or move to quickly to benefit your home.
Think of chi as a bucket of water. Pour an imaginary bucket of water into your home from the front door. Where does the water go? Does it quickly go in a straight line out your back door or does it get stuck at the front door where all the shoes and jackets are kept. Keep pouring the imaginary water in different rooms to see where it travels. You should note how the chi moves and with what speed.
Taken from an article at about.com where you can find more information and a number of interesting links.
A Quick Fix
Declutter activity for today:
Find at least five items that are broken, chipped, in some sort of disrepair, that deep down you truly know you are never going to fix, and throw them in the trash.
This could include ratty towels, chipped dishes, coffee mugs with the handles broken off, broken children’s toys, pantyhose with runs, paperback books with the cover ripped off, broken lamps or chairs, old musty curtains, costume jewelry with missing gemstones, anything that you are holding onto for nostalgic reasons, or that you keep telling yourself “I will get around to fixing it someday.”
Don’t guilt trip yourself. Don’t “should” yourself. Just release it. Get rid of at least five items so you can free up that emotional and physical space. This should take less than five minutes. Do it for you!
That’s it. Now let’s get on to the fun stuff in our day!
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