Living the Feng Shui Way

Raising Cain or Overcoming?
By: Janet L. Hall

Are you "raising Cain" with yourself or others regarding your clutter or are you taking the necessary steps and actions to overcome your clutter situation?

You can choose to do one of two things when your clutter conditions become overwhelming - you can fight the clutter or you can overcome your clutter problems.

To overcome your clutter successfully you must leave behind and release your old ways of thinking and how you do things now. You must release your fears about your stuff, your doubts of what to get rid of, your attitudes towards your clutter and stuff, your resentments, prejudices, negativity, and those old tapes in your head.

If what you did yesterday didn't help towards getting organized or if you didn't like how your day went then you must NOT do the same things you did yesterday in order for a change to start taking place in your life.

To change your life or circumstances, to rise above your problems or situations you might have to disassociate yourself from friends or family members that bring you down or that are in the same boat as you. You need to STOP commiserating with others like you, whether in person, phone, or cyberspace that continue to complain or whine about their situations BUT take no action towards changing if you REALLY want to change.

You can lift yourself up and choose to associate with people and others of a lifestyle that you secretly dream of by identifying your dream robbers, planning, and seeking out others that can help you.

Identifying Your Dream Robbers:

You become like those around you. You take on their personalities, their attitudes, and their problems. Like magnets you are attracted to and attract mirror images of yourself - everyday, all day! Your thoughts and your environment become like those around you. This happens to EVERYONE ... if they let it....

==>Make a list of your family, friends, co-workers, associates, acquaintances, and how they act around you.Are they sad or happy, healthy or depressed, violent or kind, controlling or abusive?

==>How do they effect you, your thoughts, and your habits?

==>What are they talking about? Bills, debt, clutter, time, soap operas - real life and television.

==>What are their attitudes? Negative or positive?

==>What might you say or do when they start "acting" in a negative or inappropriate fashion? Please be kind, walk away or completely disassociate.

==>What's in their world? Clutter, chaos, drama, or organized, calm, and peace?

Planning:

=>Find a quiet place and time when you won't be interrupted

=>Get a notebook or journal and write down how you'd like to see your life or environment, and answer the following questions:

=>What would be an ideal day for you?

=>How would you like your day to unfold?

=>What would you like to do throughout your day?

=>How would you like your environment to be?

=>What do you need to do - change - before you can live that way?

=>What obstacles do you need to overcome?

=>What clutter do you need to get rid of?

=>What rooms or areas do you need to get organized?

=>What outside or inside activities are taking away from your ideal day?

=>Whom do you need to disassociate from?

=>What issues need clearing up?

=>What negative thoughts do you need or want to replace?

=>What exactly do you need to do in order for you to move forward with the life of your dreams?

=>Which of the above can you start working on today?

=>Create a timeline to work on the other circumstances and areas you identified above.

You have the POWER to plan your life, change your circumstances, and get organized, but it takes more then planning. You will need to take some action, make some tradeoffs, and possibly get professional help.

Getting Help: There are multitudes of people and organizations that can help you overcome your circumstances but it takes a little legwork.

You must be willing to:=>Seek out professionals whom can really help you and hold you accountable. =>Make the call or send the email. =>Pay the price (and not just in money). =>Do the homework.=>Make the commitment to change.=>Invest in YOURSELF!

To me getting organized is not just getting rid of the piles or the stuff that has taken over your life. It's not about getting everything nice and neat. It's about life management, overcoming challenges, and changing the energy of yourself and your environment to reflect the lifestyle you REALLY want.

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The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard, Janet L. Hall, FSII is a Professional Organizer, Certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Speaker, and Author.

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