How to Identify Clutter
Learning how to identify clutter is actually very simple. (Although that doesn't always mean that letting GO of the clutter is easy!)My Super-Simple Clutter Test:
Here is my very simple clutter test to help you easily tell what serves you and what does not.
To identify clutter in your life, look at each and every single item and ask yourself the following question (this is my "clutter test"):
"Does this item lift my energy or
not?"
Here's what that might look like in an actual example:
Let's say you are clearing
out a bookshelf. You pick up each book, hold
it in your hand, and ask yourself "does this book lift my energy or
not?"
Typically, you will have a fairly quick reaction. You might get an "oh, I LOVE this book! I am so excited to go back and read that book again!"
More often than not you'll get something more like "you know, I've been meaning to get back to that book...oh, yeah, but I didn't really like the beginning that much....and I didn't really agree with the author...but I should go back and read it."
Anytime you hear yourself say "I should" or "yeah, but" or you feel yourself holding very tightly to something, you can bet that it's clutter.
Things that serve you have a light, easy feeling about them. Clutter has a heavy, constricted feeling.
Typically, you will have a fairly quick reaction. You might get an "oh, I LOVE this book! I am so excited to go back and read that book again!"
More often than not you'll get something more like "you know, I've been meaning to get back to that book...oh, yeah, but I didn't really like the beginning that much....and I didn't really agree with the author...but I should go back and read it."
Anytime you hear yourself say "I should" or "yeah, but" or you feel yourself holding very tightly to something, you can bet that it's clutter.
Things that serve you have a light, easy feeling about them. Clutter has a heavy, constricted feeling.
More ways to identify clutter:
You can also ask yourself the following questions:
1. Do I LOVE it?
2. Do I use it? Regularly?
But the main clutter test I use over and over again is simply this: does the item lift your energy or not? If not, why is it in your life?
For most people, 75% of their stuff is actually clutter. They do not use it, they do not love it, and it certainly does not lift their energy.
And when you start asking yourself if your stuff lifts your energy, you'll begin to recognize how much clutter you have in your home, your office, your garage, your car.....
And if this seems deceptively simple, you're right. It's an extremely powerful tool...try it out today and see for yourself!
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