The Art of Decluttering – 10 Tips

The Art of Decluttering

New moons are a great time to start decluttering. We consider the time of the new moon as the time of birthing. Birthing new ideas, intention and seeding new ventures. This is also called the dark of the moon.

This time also marks the beginning of a new cycle in your life. It is not yet a definitive separation with the past, but it is a time when old familiar patterns lose energy and you instinctively feel an impulse for creating new beginnings.

During the new moon, you have another chance every month to invoke or empower your intentions!

A Great Place to Start: Decluttering Your Life

The first lesson is to start small!

Start with your desk, a closet, or one room. It is easy to get overwhelmed when decluttering. Do not allow it.

10 Tips to Decluttering Your Life

Decluttering Tip #1 – I love to clear the space of everything.

Take a look at the empty space. Remember when this last occurred? How do you feel in this space now?

Decluttering Tip #2 – Take a look at the items you removed.

One by one, look over each and every item. Do you absolutely love it? How does it serve you? Is there an emotional attachment to it? Is it a good one or a bad one?

Decluttering Tip #3 – Items with bad emotions connected to them or items you do not absolutely love or serve you, get rid of them now!

Decluttering Tip #4 – The items that you do love, why do you love them so?

How well do they serve you or play a particular purpose? If you save it, find a great place for it, where it will do the most good.

Decluttering Tip #5 – Make a pile, box or space for all the items you do not need, want or do not serve you.

You can separate them into smaller piles to give them away, gift them or sell them. Throw out the items you wish to discard ASAP. There is an amazing feeling attached to an item (or emotion) we let go of!!

Decluttering Tip #6 – Note on giving or gifting items: Charities such as the Salvation Army, shelters or churches are usually very happy to take the items you wish to give them. They usually prefer clothes to be cleaned or dry cleaned.

The items you decide to gift should be something very special to a specific person who you feel would really love the item or could really benefit from it. Do not just gift it to get rid of it. It is better to just throw it out if you cannot find an appropriate outlet for it!

Decluttering Tip #7 – The power of letting go offers the possibility of two types of peace: peace of mind — the potential healing of old emotional connections, wounds, or a clearer consciousness and peace with others — the possibility of new, more gratifying relationships in the future.

Decluttering Tip #8 – It takes no strength to let go. . . only courage. Life either expands or contracts in direct proportion to your courage to let go.

Decluttering Tip #9 – By giving this fear up to the Universe to handle, you are essentially allowing yourself to let go and release this fear, and in turn, strip away any kind of meaning or significance it may have upon you.

Decluttering Tip #10 – By letting go, this allows us to move to the next level in our lives, the next natural process. Often times, this is a fear in itself. The fear of “what will happen when I DO move to my next stage in life?” Remember, feeling protected always comes by letting go of that fear.

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