I have been doing a lot of decluttering and simplifying in my home the last month. It has been so freeing and feels great.
The more simple and clean our environment, the more serene and grounded we are. We can connect with our spirit guides and and our higher self more easily, and not be distracted from what matters personally.
Consider taking time over the next few weeks and months to clear out your home and your headspace. Be patient and gentle with yourself as you go through these changes. Keep it simple and positive.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS THAT HELPED ME:
Before you start, have everything you need in your home to start: black trash bags, boxes for donations, plastic tubs, boxing tape, pretty bins, markers, photo boxes, and labels for organizing what you do keep.
Start with one thing in one room, whether it’s a closet or some kitchen drawers. Don’t stop for a week until the room is cleared out and organized how you want.
- Reorganize and thin out your clothes, and your family’s. Marie Kondo advises cleaning out clothes by following the KonMari Method, which involves gathering all clothes into one spot, holding each item, and keeping only those that “spark joy”. After deciding what to keep, you should hold the item that didn’t spark joy for their service, thank them, and discard them.
- If an item is not useful, or beautiful to you now, let it go. Regardless of how much you paid for it or who gave it to you, let it go.
- If it’s not something you’re going to use in the next few months, or cannot fit in a few organized and labeled bins of seasonal decorations – donate, sell, or throw it away.
- Clear off all counters, flat surfaces, and shelving except for a few useful or beautiful items. Less is more.
When you’re done with an entire room, paint if desired, and minimally decorate it just how you want it now. Find inspiration on Pinterest or an interior designer’s page on Instagram. There is huge satisfaction in the newly redone room.
Finish each room completely before going to the next room. Work on decluttering for at least 30-minutes a day, a few days a week, more whenever you can.
SEE CLEARING OUT YOUR HOME AS A NEW PATH TO HAPPINESS, NOT AS A CHORE OR BURDEN.
Clear house, clear mind.
- Set an alarm each time on your phone when you need to do an area or room, and then get up and start when the alarm goes off.
- Ask for help if needed from someone reliable and calming.
- When you’re done with the room or an area, get the trash and donations out of your house by the next day. If something doesn’t sell in a week, donate it.
Your inner peacefulness and calmness is the priority.
Your home is your temple. Give yourself at least a few hours every week to do this priority of decluttering. By early Spring you will have an organized, soothing, and inviting home.
Remember to sage your entire home every week you clear out a room. You can “smudge” with white sage and palo santo. Refresh and align the energy in your home.
ONE THING THAT DOES CORRELATE POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY WITH CLEARING WORK IS YOUR FINANCES.
When you’re fiscally responsible, it enhances the peacefulness in your environment.
Write out your monthly budget for yourself or family and stick to it. Put money in savings.
Make a realistic plan to pay off all your debt.
- Lower the amount you spend on special occasion or holiday presents, set a limit. Make or buy a thoughtful gift instead of giving high-end or multiple gifts. Take someone for a scenic picnic or a long walk in a forest for their birthday present, with a little cake to celebrate. Put a photo of the event in a frame and gift it to them afterwards. Your adult child, family member, or close friend will remember that special day all their life.
- If your bills are paid on time and you’re acting fiscally responsible, don’t worry about money.
- Money is simply energy, and a barter exchange for goods or services, it’s not the “root of all evil”, etc. Clean out any emotional wounds or issues you have with money by writing a Letter of Release to yourself about your money wounds/issues. Like emotional spending, often feeling a “lack” energy around money (never enough), workaholic, over frugality so you never enjoy life, etc.
- For the rest of 2025, try not to buy anything new or spend money unless it’s on monthly bills, groceries, household necessities, needed toiletries, or an inexpensive planned activity.
- Don’t buy in bulk, and don’t purchase an item just because it’s on sale. It’s always on sale somewhere.
- Utilize what you already have.
The money you save, you can pay cash for a new higher quality couch you love, great mattress, luxurious curtains, plush comforter set, something needed for your outdoor space, etc. These are things that should last for a decade or more.
Buying quality furniture and art pieces doesn’t always have to be expensive. Consider second-hand purchases and get beautiful pieces that you will treasure for years to come. I love up-cycling old furniture and DIY projects.
Focus on what really matters to you in life every day. Look for the good. Create a calm, inviting home for yourself and your family and friends.
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