DECLUTTERING IS GOOD
Self-Care!
decluttering is good
Self Care!
Self-care does not mean the same thing to everyone. To one person it may mean the assumed mani-pedi, bubble bath, or massage. To another, it may mean taking a 5-mile run. To me, good self-care encompasses the entire person: body, mind, and spirit. What someone is experiencing internally is often reflected externally, in one’s environment. Good self-care therefore must include getting organized.
Self-care means valuing yourself, your needs, and your desires. It means acknowledging that you are important and worthy. It means honoring what you hold dear and living according to your core values.
So does getting organized.
take control
Getting organized means taking control of your life. It means making conscious decisions and being mindful and purposeful. It means creating and maintaining systems for doing everything. That doesn’t mean your house has to look like a magazine shoot. It means that your systems need to support your life, so you can live easy and have the time, money, and energy for what matters most to you. It means deciding what is essential and what is extraneous.
create space
Getting organized means creating physical, brain, and heart space. It means identifying and keeping the things, people, and activities that are most important to you and letting go of the rest. It means having the clarity and openness to bring into your life what you value. It means making space for blessings – eliminating anything that contributes to physical, mental, emotional, time, or spiritual clutter from every aspect of your life. Just as water can’t get through a clogged drain, blessings can’t come into a cluttered life.
soothe your soul
Getting organized soothes the soul. Having space, time, personal care, and financial systems and routines in place supports our basic human needs for security, consistency, and reliability. Systems take the guesswork out of life. We don’t have to worry about making a new decision on the same thing every day. We have a good idea of what to expect on a daily basis. We know what to do, where to go, where to put things, and who we need to interact with. We can rely on the future, but we’re prepared for the unexpected.
free up time
Getting organized means freeing up time. Chances are you want to spend as much of your free time as possible doing things you enjoy, which, unless you’re a professional organizer, may not be processing paperwork, rearranging cabinets, or clearing out the garage. Having systems for everything streamlines daily living; less time is spent on mundane tasks, freeing you up for the activities that feed your soul.
facilitate happiness
Getting organized eliminates stress and frustration, facilitates happiness, and preserves relationships. “A place for everything and everything in its place,” applies. You can find what you need when you need it. No more blaming other members of the household for taking something and hiding it. No more coming home and crying because everything is a mess. No more feeling inadequate because your partner screams at you to clean up. Systems are in place. Peace reigns.
author
Gayle M. Gruenberg
Gayle M. Gruenberg, CPO-CD® is the Chief Executive Organizer of Let’s Get Organized, LLC, an award-winning professional organizing firm based in Bergen County, New Jersey. Gayle is the creator of the Make Space for Blessings™ system. LGO works with busy families to help them find more time, space, money, and energy and connect their lives to their core values through being organized.