Declutter Your Home, Change Your Life
December 8th, 2011, by Shelley Riutta
Our outer surroundings are a reflection of our inner world. What are your surroundings saying about you? Is it peaceful and organized–or cluttered and chaotic? I have been studying this for years and see over and over the relationship between our outer world and inner world. Many of my clients who transform their inner worlds feel a strong urge to transform their outer world as well. They may have a strong urge to declutter, getting rid of objects that reflect more of their past and who they used to be. Or they may have a strong urge to renovate their home or change how they have decorated their home–the current way their home is just doesn’t fit anymore. Or I have worked with clients who feel stuck in their life who begin to delutter their surroundings and they are able to make profound breakthroughs that transform their life.
I have used the power of decluttering as a way to transform my life over the years. 2012 is going to be an amazing year for me–I have a lot of powerful intentions that I will be manifesting and I don’t want anything blocking me internally or externally–so I have decided to do a major decluttering and transforming of my home. I am taking what I call Massive Action in this area of my life to help clear the way for things to move clearly and easily for me.
Would decluttering and addressing your home help you move forward in your life? If so, make a plan and enlist support for yourself–you can hire someone or ask a friend who is naturally organized to help you. Give the gift to yourself of having your surroundings support you in manifesting your dreams!
How true this is Shelley. Last year I got serious about decluttering our home because I felt ‘stuck’. It helped so much to connect with and hire for a few hours, a professional organizer. She gave me practical tips on how and where to begin. It worked!I had boxes of teaching materials sitting in a corner of the basement for FIVE years. There were so many memories attached to it all that I could not bring myself to go through it. But when someone TOLD me to do it I obeyed. A week after it was gone my brother came over and offered to help us build an office for the holistic counseling practice I was wanting to start. Talk about the power of moving out old energy to make room for the new. But it gets even better. I had a rummage sale last summer of all the other ‘stuff’ I was now able to let go of. With the money I made I purchased a massage table and stool for my practice. I am now using it in my new office for accupressure and SEVA stress relief. I plan to paint and carpet the rest of the basement over the Christmas vacation and turn that area into a small yoga studio. Hiring someone to help me definitely paid off.