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How Decluttering Boosts Your Energy
One of the really important things to understand about
clutter is that wherever and however you encounter it
in your life and your environment, it is a manifestation
of procrastination. If you think about it... all clutter
exists either because you've deferred a decision about
something, or because you've made the decision what
to do about it, but not taken the action.
So, for example, if you have a pile of magazines cluttering
your floor, you will either be trying to ignore it in
the vain hope that it will magically disappear under
its own steam and you won't have to decide what to do
about it. Or you will have already decided what you
want (or ought) to do with the magazines, but be postponing
the action phase of the operation. Either way that pile
of magazines sits there on your floor, cluttering up
your space, draining your energy and making you feel
bad for not having done anything about it yet.
I'm sure you're aware of the detrimental effect procrastination
has on your sense of wellbeing. This effect is mainly
due to the fact that procrastination drains you of purposeful
energy. Instead of taking purposeful decisions and actions,
you end up fretting over all the things you haven't
done. You use up most of your energy to justify putting
them off until another day and feeling bad about your
indecisiveness and inactivity. What a marvellous way
to waste your personal energy!
This is one of the reasons why decluttering will give
an instant boost to your energy levels once you engage
with it. As with all procrastination related tasks,
the challenge is in the getting started. But if you
can kick start yourself into even one small piece of
decluttering activity, then be aware of the energy it
generates, you can use that energy to propel you into
the next decluttering step. And the next. Until you're
positively buzzing with the energized sense of liberation
that decluttering can bring.
The other important thing to understand about clutter
is that it is a particularly low form of energy in itself.
Think about how you feel when you walk into someone
else's space that's cluttered full of unnecessary junk.
Often the high level of clutter means that it's difficult
to clean and full of dirt and dust too. Now I don't
know about you, but that just makes my spirits plummet.
My energy levels sink and I can't wait to get out again.
Compare that to how it feels to walk into a light,
spacious, airy room. The space gives a sense of possibility
and lightness. The opportunity to think clearly, express
yourself openly and to be altogether more expansive.
The low, dark, draining nature of clutter energy means
that you don't have to be around it for long before
it has a negative effect on you. Although I work with
people on their clutter issues, I have chosen, for precisely
this reason, not to enter physically into their cluttered
spaces. The prospect of a working life spent amongst
clutter is neither an attractive nor a healthy one.
I am far more able to support my coaching clients by
staying out of their clutter and maintaining my positive
energy levels.
So these are the two key ways in which decluttering
boosts your energy: 1. It cuts your procrastination
guilt and clears your mental energy drain 2. It clears
the physical energy drains from your environment
I'd actually go as far as to claim that anything that
drains your energy could be described as a form of clutter
in your life. So if an energized, purposeful life is
something you'd like to work towards, why not start
with a spot of decluttering today?
Author: Mary McNeil
Mary McNeil of Create a Space is an experienced, ICF-certified
life coach who works with her clients on a variety of
decluttering, success and creativity projects. Her 30-day
home learning e-course: 'Declutter Your Way To Creativity'
is available from http://www.Create-a-Space.co.uk.
Keywords : decluttering,clutter,energy,energy drain,procrastination
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