What could I possibly be talking about?
There are many words you could use to describe it - clutter, junk, odds and ends, disorder, chaos, confusion, and mess.
Perhaps you experience the same - there is just never enough time to sort through the many rooms in our homes to remove the clutter that we all accumulate.
Last weekend we tackled the garage - the place (besides the basement) that we seem to dump the items that we don't know what to do with them -and usually they stay there until we finally decide we have not used them or even touched them since we placed them there and they finally end up on our curb or are driven to a donation center.
The empowerment you feel when you throw out stuff you don't need...freedom!
Once we start tackling these "clean up and out" projects it always inspires me to keep going and this weekend I ended up at the drawer in my kitchen. You know the one that has ALL the miscellaneous things in it that you are holding onto for some reason. Have you looked in that drawer in your home lately? Go take a look right now; I'll wait here for you.
Ok, so what did you find? Perhaps an all dried up stick of glue, a pen that no longer works, receipts for miscellaneous stuff (mind you not one for a major purchase you made) - funny isn't it that we find the need to hold onto these things. Why do we do that? Are they providing us with some sense of comfort or is it that we just can't, won't or are afraid to make a decision about what to do with those items? Will we need them again?
These items have no real purpose anymore except to take up space and create clutter in our lives. So how can throwing out these items not to mention our old makeup, keys from our apartment when we were 20, outdated prescriptions, and all those items that just serve no purpose any longer help us declutter our minds?
Letting go of things that no longer contribute to your daily life can be quite freeing and will help you feel more in control which will certainly spill out into all the areas of your life.
I think the same thing applies to how we work and relate to our clients. If we're so bogged down with all we have to do and trying to fit so much into our day, the clutter if you will, we give that vibe and appearance to those we work with and interact with. We can find ourselves stuck, perhaps in our approach - being stuck in one way of thinking vs. being open to other possibilities or we can just simply let important things go undone because of all the chaos we are trying to operate in.
This is not to suggest we go storming through our homes and lives and throw out everything (some things simply just have too much sentimental value or memories attached to them) or create living and working environments that are perfectly tidy (that's not any fun.)
It's about letting things go that we no longer need, that no longer serve their purpose, so that we have our hands free to grab onto all that awaits us.
For fun sake - feel free to share what's in your "junk" drawer (bet many of you can come up with some funny, interesting and even bizarre stuff.)
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