Unless you’re a diehard minimalist at heart, odds are you have one too many things in your nest which you don’t actually need – and if you’ve ever so much as glanced at a Feng Shui magazine, you probably know that clutter isn’t good for home energy. On top of throwing the energy field in your space off balance, excess belongings will amp stress for everyone on the premises, which is why it’d be a smart idea to go through your gear at least twice a year and nudge stress relief in the right direction. Don’t know how to go about clutter control? Don’t stress it: here’s the skinny on setting your decluttering spree on the right foot.
Setting energy field on the right foot
According to the principles of Feng Shui, clutter causes suffering because it signifies attachment to the material world. Even if you’re not a full-on hoarder, an excess of things with little functional value will hinder the energy flow in your home and chip off chinks of your family’s well-being, growth, and prosperity. For this reason, you should take the time to go through the cabinets and wardrobes at least once in a few months and oust clutter if you want to set your home’s energy, aesthetic value, functionality, and comfort on the right foot.
No clutter, no distractions in sight
Even if you’re not a believer in energy and its impact on your life, you’ll have to agree clutter can get in the way of your home’s functionality. It’s a pretty simple equation: excess of belongings is a byword for visual distraction, and surplus sensory stimuli will easily draw your focus away from important things to trifling details, which will add to stress and make it difficult to relax and let your hair down. For this reason, a floor-to-ceiling cleanup will help restore balance and order to your home and life in general.
Goodbye to psychological hitches
Apart from shattering your home’s practicality and energy flow, clutter is also closely connected to depression and anxiety. Too many things lying around are a constant reminder that you have an arm-long To Do list to go through, and being surrounded by excess gear can cause you to feel frustrated, embarrassed, or simply overwhelmed. If you can’t let go of your precious clutter, you can at least pack it up and hire experienced removers to take it to a storage facility: after all, far from sight and far from mind is where clutter belongs.
Flush negativity down the stairs
Besides helping you avoid distractions and home comfort, decluttering is an excellent way to flush negativity out of your system. When stress hits the roof, don’t sit around pondering on things you can’t change: instead, grab a few boxes, open the wardrobe, and start packing things that can be donated to charity. By shifting your focus from the things beyond your power to the things you can change, you’ll constructively handle negative emotions such as anger and stress and turn them into something positive instead of letting them eat up your inner peace.
Image creditA little kindness goes a long way
When decluttering your home, you can donate some of the little used items to the Red Cross or local charity. Giving away things to the less fortunate will boost your mood, self-confidence, life quality, and it will also shift your focus from stressors to the positive aspects of life. In this light, flushing clutter from your living area is a tiny step that has multiple benefits: by donating things to charity, you’ll free up your personal space, amp functionality and aesthetics of your home, and flush stress from your life – and all that without losing a thing you can’t afford to let go of.
Declutter to detoxify your life
If your home is snowed under piles of things you never get to use, plucking up the motivation to start spring cleaning can be tough, let alone finding the willpower to bid farewell to toxic habits. Nevertheless, as tough as a deep home purge may seem right now, it’s still essential if you want to lay down the cornerstones for a healthy and happy life. Bonus point: if you bring yourself to part with clutter with sentimental value, it’ll empower you and make it easier to let go of toxic people in your life and habits that aren’t good for your long-term well-being.
Ready to flush stress out of your life? Then you’d better pick up the box and start decluttering. The shape of your home is a reflection of your psychological state and vice versa, which is why you should strive to keep both your space and your mind clean, neat, and well organized. Good luck!
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Emma B. Joyce is a blogger based in Australia. She is a true home decor and DIY fanatic. Emma is interested in music and also is a big reading enthusiast. Finding new designs and patterns is her daily task. She got hooked on home accessories and decorations during her traveling and now cannot stop searching for new inspiration.
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