Clearing Our Clutter
3 Minutes To Fame and Fortune
We are working to clear out the items in our Fame section that have a connotation of something that doesn’t represent who you want to be.
Take a minute to really look at your Fame area and pinpoint the items that don’t belong here, the things that don’t represent the person you are working to become.
Set your timer for 3 minutes. Move as quickly as possible and throw away the items that belong in the trash, and put the other items in a box to be redistributed to the appropriate rooms when you have time. After 3 minutes, stop! You are done for today. Let’s move on to the fun stuff!
From Sink Reflections
by Marla Cilley
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If you are unsure of where the fame area is, see these posts:
Hot Spot Fire Drill
Our declutter activity for today is the:
Hot Spot Fire Drill
Remember, clutter consists of things that do not bring you joy, you do not love, or you don’t need.
Clutter is disorganized. Clutter keeps you living in the past. Clutter makes you embarrassed and ashamed. Clutter does not allow your mind and body to rest. Clutter tells you that you are not worthy. Clutter never wants you to leave home. Clutter has to be conquered! Release your clutter and find the things you are searching for.
Find the Hot Spot in the area we are working in today.
A Hot Spot is an area that, if left unattended, will gradually and insidiously take over your home. It may seem under control but it really isn’t. When you walk into a room, the Hot Spot is the first thing you see. Clutter attracts more clutter. Whenever you catch yourself saying, “I can put this here and do it later”, you have created a “Hot Spot.” We are going to stop this Hot Spot from becoming a raging clutter inferno.
Set your timer for 3 minutes. Survey your Hot Spot in the area for today and put away the items have just been left out. That’s all! At the end of three minutes, stop. We are done decluttering for today.
From Sink Reflections
by Marla Cilley
Five Minute Room Rescue
Isn’t this a cool picture? I was looking for a High Five to decorate our five minute room rescue and came up with this. It seems appropriate since squirrels are so busy, and we are too.
Declutter activity for today:
The Five-Minute Room Rescue
In the Prosperity area of your home, set your timer for 5 minutes.
Move as fast as you can and remove all items that do not belong in this area – take the dirty dishes to the kitchen sink, put the dirty clothes in the laundry pile, pick up all the books, magazines, and piles of papers and mail and put them in a basket or at least contain them all in one area in the house – but not in the Prosperity area!
After 5 minutes, stop. You’re done decluttering for today.
From Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley
Note:
If you are unsure of where the prosperity area is, see these posts:
27 Things Find a New Home
Declutter activity for today:
The 27-Fling Boogie for items that need to find a new home
Grab a trash bag or a box and run through the house as fast as you can and grab 27 items that you do not love, need, or use. These items are clutter and they need to find a new home. Once you’ve filled the bag with 27 items to give away, either immediately take it to a charity drop-off location, or put it in your car to drop off THIS WEEK.
Or, if you think the items are saleable, our Prosperity Group will hold a garage sale when the weather gets a little warmer. If you do not have room for the bag or if you think you will nostalgically look through the bag at a later date and gradually re-clutter your home, email Shirley or Melissa and we will make arrangements to store the items elsewhere for you until the garage sale. The money from the garage sale will be used to do something fun for our group!
One other option is to sign up for Freecycle at Yahoo Groups. Freecycle allows you to list items you want to give away so someone who needs them can come get them from you for free.
Again, move through today’s decluttering as quickly as possible so we can get to the fun stuff!
27 Fling Boogie
Some thoughts on clutter from Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley:
- Are you living in CHAOS? (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome?)
- Clutter affects you mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially.
- Clutter is the enemy of feng shui. Clutter causes the chi (energy) of your home to stagnate.
Clutter steals your money! You know you own a specific item, but you cannot find it when you need it, so you’re forced to run out and buy another.
Clutter steals your time, energy, and sanity! How much money do you spend each year trying to “organize” and manage your clutter? How much time do you invest?
Clutter cannot be organized! Evict your clutter and breathe a sigh of relief!
Today, we are doing the “27-Fling Boogie!”
- Grab a trash bag and 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!
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.
Alternatively, you could visit The Plan , a nifty little website I found that handles the various problems and issues associated with “disposophobia”. This is what they had to say:
DISPOSOPHOBIA The Fear of Getting Rid of Stuff..
People who suffer from maladies such as depression or obsessive compulsive disorders often end up buying things, bringing them home and dropping them. Rather than looking for what they own, they simply go out and buy more and do the same thing…..over and over and over again.
We call this behavior….. Shop ‘n Drop.
This is only one of the many issues that we address and provide solutions. The Plan for you or a loved one’s recovery can be found at 1 800 THE PLAN. Recovery could be just days away…call 1-800-THE PLAN to schedule an appraisal.
Note:
Bear in mind that this post was written in 2007, and the website and phone number may no longer be viable.
Feng Shui for Prosperity
On Wednesday, Jan 3, we will be getting started with “Feng Shui and Clearing Our Clutter for Prosperity!”
The books we will be using are:
- Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter
- The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui by Lillian Too
- Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley
We are taking baby steps with our decluttering and feng shui, so no one feels overwhelmed. If you have more experience with feng shui and want to go gung-ho this month, feel free to do more than the activities we will have listed each day. But for the rest of us, we are baby-stepping our way through this fun learning experience into a calmer, more harmonious living environment.
What is Feng Shui?
Feng Shui is a term borrowed from the Chinese that refers to a system of thoughtful placement of the furnishings in our living environment to positively affect our chi (energy). When an area of your home (or car, or desk at work) is out of balance, you can employ a “cure” to bring balance to that area. A cure is specifically placing an item in a particular area to help you in life.
We hope that you will join us. This project is Melissa’s baby. She has put a lot of time and effort into breaking it into manageable portions. So, thank you Melissa! I think it’s going to be a great learning experience as well as an interesting experiment.
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