Clutter can keep you from being productive in your work and personal life. Spaces get cluttered because things aren’t assigned a home; because people shop without a list or without thinking before they buy; can’t decide whether or not to keep something; keeping things because they have a monetary or sentimental value attached to them.
These are all surface or outer reasons for clutter. When we look deeper, we see that the true reasons for clutter lie beneath the surface and have connections to our physical body and our mind. No matter now much paper or how much “stuff” you have, believe it or not, your clutter is all about you. You are your clutter and your clutter is you.
You can’t clear the clutter by focusing on your “stuff”. How many times have you eliminated that pile, the overflow in the closet or even cleared the clutter from an entire room only to have it come back to haunt you, making you feel as though you just can’t conquer the clutter? If this is the case, chances are there is something else running in the background tat has you not able to let go of your clutter.
When we look beyond the physical clutter we can begin to see the deeper connection. Let’s look at how clutter relates to our physical body. Often when we have clutter we’re also dealing with excess body weight, which has you feel the same way the clutter does—drained, no balance, heavy and wanting to get out of your body. In a cluttered space there is no real life present, there is limited movement or it can be difficult to move about the space, there is no balance, and walking into the space can make you feel uncomfortable or wanting to leave the space.
Now let’s look at the mental perspective. Clutter accumulates in physical spaces when mental clutter begins to accumulate. The mental clutter is the result of stress, related emotions and minor or major shifts or changes in life. When we’re cluttered mentally, we find it difficult to focus, we’re not clear, and can feel mentally weighed down and drained. Our thought patterns represent what the physical environment looks like.
When we look at what we have going on beneath the surface and remedy that clutter, we can clear the clutter in our home or office space and be rid of it for good. That plan of attack will also effect other lifestyle changes. When we clear up the clutter it carries over into other areas of life. For example, you’ll find that when you get rid of the clutter, you’re motivated to drop the excess body weight and it actually starts to come off.
This works the opposite way as well; when you drop excess weight, it clears the way for you to clear the clutter in your space. The exact same thing happens on the mental level. When you free yourself of the mental load; remove the blockage, you pave the way for clearing your space, you become clear again mentally.
Before you get ready to roll your sleeves up and clear the clutter from your space, take a look at what lies beneath and get to the root cause. What’s going on with you physically and mentally? The physical and mental clutter is what has the clutter present in your environment. If you really want to get rid of the clutter once and for all, start with you.
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