Declutter Day Tips No 1 to 3


Secret #1: Uncovering the Universal Law of Clutter Attraction

It’s a problem many of us have today. We have too much stuff lying around our house, stuff we don’t need and may never use. From knick knacks to an over accumulation of kitchen gadgets to stacks of papers our houses appear to be magnets for clutter.

A few tips:

Abide by the “law of attraction”. A little clutter attracts a little more clutter. So don’t get started with attracting clutter.

Have a clear path in your house to allow the movement of good qi (pronounced chee) to flow through it. That way, you will enhance your financial and spiritual journey.

Arrange your home in such a way to attract the good energy. This is good Feng Shui and you will reap all the rewards that go with it — and sweep out all the negative energy.

Clutter in the house is not acceptable for good Feng Shui. Many organizational specialists suggest that decluttering your house can actually help boost the level of productivity at work.

Secret #2: Uncovering the Universal Law of Clutter Attraction

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Huh? What does that have to do with clutter? Nothing really. But there’s a question that closely parallels that classic inscrutable question.

Is this particular appliance out of sight and stashed away because you don’t use it often? Or you don’t use it very often so you stashed it out of site and it’s hard to get to.

A Few Tips:

As you can plainly see “efficient storage” means nothing less than placing the objects you do intend to use in the most accessible places.

Did that George Forman grill land under the sink because you never used it? Or you just didn’t know where else to store it? If you really want to give it another chance, try storing it where it’ll be handy for you to use.

Another useful tip along these lines is to store similar items together. For example, if you have several flower vases, store these together. The next time you reach for a vase, you only have to visit one location to find all of them. There will be no going to the first place, only to realize that the perfect vase is hiding under the stairs in the basement.

Secret Tip #3 The Magic Moment of Now!

Aha! Now we’ve hit the nail on the head. I can tell by the way you cringed when you read this. You’ve already figured out where I’m going with this one. A lot of the clutter accumulates in our homes simply because we refuse to deal with it “in the moment.”

A Few Tips:

We can take a tip from those Zen masters who always encourage us to “live in the moment.” Now, we can add to that “live in the moment to avoid that clutter.”

Instead of putting everything aside, deal with it in a more efficient matter by dealing with it now.

Here are a few useful examples.

Take a few moments to separate the bills and place them on your desk in a small container, where you’ll sit the next time you pay them.

Take junk mail and prioritize it straight away. Mail that doesn’t appeal to you at all throw out immediately. Flyers you may want to look at later – like for your trip to the grocery store – set in another basket, preferably one close to where you sit in the evening.

Create triggers to help you with your errands. In our examples above, your bills are located on your desk in a small container so you will remember to pay them. And you have looked at your grocery store flyers and added any sale items to buy to this week’s shopping list.

If you would like a simple system to reduce clutter that has worked wonders for me, check out my Ebook “Stop the Clutter Bug!”.

Stop the Clutter Bug! – Easy Tips to Declutter & Simplify Your Life