Why Declutter?

If you are wondering why in the world I’m writing a post on decluttering your home, let me first clarify: this blog has not gone Martha Stewart! As unintuitive as it might be, our homes play a very important role in the process of our personal growth. Why is that the case?

In one of my earlier posts on creating an inspirational room, I mentioned 3 reasons why it’s important to put attention into how your room looks/feels like:

1. You spend a large amount of your time there
2. It’s where a lot of your thinking and decision making take place
3. It has personal, emotional significance.

These 3 reasons ladder up to 1 thing – the effect your environment has on you.  Your environment and you have an interlinked inside-out, outside-in relationship. Inside-out, meaning who you are as a person manifests itself in how your room/home looks like. Outside-in, because how your room/home looks like affects the way you think and feel. Both reinforce each other. Change one thing, and the other will change as a result.

For that reason, decluttering your home is one of the first steps to creating an organized, positive life. If you want to be organized, it’s hard to think/feel organized…

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Published Aug 6 2009
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Goals & Success, Motivation & Inspiration, Productivity & GTD
Tags: declutter your home, environment