Clutter Organization:
"The Clutter Pyramid"

In clutter organization, I have defined seven levels of clutter that we experience in every area of our lives.



Level 1: Your Physical Environment

• items in your physical environment: your home, your office, your car, papers, files

Level 2: Your Virtual Environment

• items on the internet, your computer, email, spam, electronic files and documents

Level 3: Your Time and Activities

• activities, obligations, hobbies, work, playtime, time spent watching TV, time spend maintaining your body, your hair, your home, your kids, your pets…in other words, how you are using your time

Level 4: Your Relationships

• interactions with people that drain your energy or affect you negatively, including spending time with people you don't like, gossip, or allowing misunderstands and conflict to continue

Level 5: Your Five Body Senses

• anything in your environment that has a negative impact on your five body senses, which include sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Examples include body weight that isn't natural and healthy for you, an overabundance of adrenaline, irritating noises in the background, unpleasant odors in your home or office, poor lighting, foods that don't taste good, or textures that feel uncomfortable to the touch.

Level 6: Your Mind

• thoughts that include negative self talk, stress, worry, anxiety, judgments, blame, anger

Level 7: Your Spirit

• anything that gets in the way of your connection with spirit, your deep desire to maximize your yearnings, your gifts,  your potential, and your self-fulfillment

In my work with clutter organization, I start with the physical clutter, because I have found that it is the easiest way to access the thoughts, beliefs, actions, and ways of being that are creating the clutter in the first place.

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