May/June Heart of Glastonbury - Magazine - Page 61
CLUTTER CLEARING IS A
POWERFUL TOOL: DOES
IT SPARK JOY?
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Suggested Order
* Clothes
* Books
* Papers
* Miscellaneous Items
* Sentimental items
Gather all your clothes, for example, from
throughout the house, the hall closet, storage
bins, under the bed, trunks, etc. and make a
huge pile. Once you have every item of clothing
you own in one place, its time to dive in.
When you are choosing what to keep, ask your
heart. When you are asking where to store
something ask your house!
Focus on what to keep!
Choose objects that spark a positive feeling or
joy for you. Here's how:
* Pick up each item one at a time
* Ask yourself if it sparks joy - you should feel a
little thrill, as if the cells in your body are slowly
rising.
* If it does, keep it!
* If it doesn't, let it go with gratitude.
Using the order outlined above, follow these
steps and your intuition until you have gone
through all your possessions one category at a
time.
moving forward. They also might spark joy for
someone else now!
Give Everything a Home!
Clutter is also related to not putting something
back where it belongs. The trick to never resorting
to clutter after tidying up is to designate a place
for each thing - a home for every single one of
your items.
Store similar items close together and keep
storage solutions simple. If you are not sure where
to put something, remember this idea: When you
are choosing what to keep, ask your heart. When
your choosing where to store something, ask your
house!
In Summary.
1). Plant the idea in your mind to commit to
tidying up.
2). Imagine your ideal lifestyle.
Discard with Gratitude.
Tidying up and clearing space is like a
celebration. If you are letting go of something
that you have used extensively, thank it for its
service and for enhancing your life. If you are
letting go of a belonging that you have never
used, it may have taught you that you have no
purpose for something like that in your life. Or it
has served its purpose at a particular time.
Thinking deeply about each items you discard
will affect how you live and acquire new things
3). Finish discarding first. Before getting rid of
items, sincerly thank each item for serving its
purpose.
4). Tidy by category, not location.
5). Follow the right order.
6). Ask yourself if it sparks joy!
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