Declutter: reclaim the treasures

Even before you realize that you are in year 2019, a month has gone past. And what about your new year resolutions – some did not make any, some forgot about it and others wait for better time to start implementing.

Never mind if you forgot about new year resolutions. You need not for wait the next new year to make new resolutions or restart the forgotten ones. You can start today, to make a positive change to your life and become a better person. Time and tide wait for none!!

If you are scrambling on where to start, here is our recommendation for your first step – Declutter.

Decluttering, in the personal development context, is a conscious effort by an individual to identify things in every environment, that has no immediate or perceived usage in long-term, and discard them or repurpose for better value. To understand the process better let’s break this in the following lines.

In your normal routines, you interact with the environment in various dimensions –

• physical such as living room, office room, work desk, wardrobe;
• personal belongings such as backpack, wallet, document holders;
• electronic such as mobile phone, laptops, email, cloud storage, social media.

The definition of environment can be extended to nonphysical aspects such as mind, thoughts, and our human network as well.

Over time, you may not realize how much you have cluttered these spaces, with things that are not required anymore, never to be used in future, may be rarely used, or just placed in the wrong place. These items have been lying there because it does not harm you directly. For instance, you will throw way a rotten apple drawing your attention with bad odor, but do not care about an unused CD when you no longer have a CD drive.

Why should you declutter these spaces, and ultimately your life? The answer is plain and simple – eliminate the weeds. These things are like the weeds in the agriculture world – they do not serve any purpose, snatch away your limited resources and spoil the valuable produce as well.

Some of benefits you may expect to derive from decluttering your environment are –

• more space in your living room, bedroom, office desk, wardrobe and so on;
• more time as you will now navigate through or handle less items;
• important documents and files do not get buried in the rubble of unwanted mails and brochures;
• critically examine everything around you and make conscious decision to engage or disengage;
• refocus your energy and time towards your passion or things that you feel important to you;
• live a healthier and peaceful life – now that you are surrounded by only what is important to you.

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Note: This is our first article in the personal development series. Click here to read the introduction to this series.

Make your life blissful and wholesome!!!