Feng Shui and Everything Fancy

Just when you thought “clearing out” can’t have style, I’d say you’re wrong. A lot of people accumulate a pile of STUFF because they have no style in decluttering. I can see you rolling your eyes because decluttering is simply cleaning, so what does style got to do with it? When I mean by “decluttering style,” I talk about your own way of doing things when you declutter your room, home, office or car.  This include the time when you feel your best – in the morning, during the afternoon and early evening, or late at night. In short, whatever method that works for you. Like you, I’m not a Saint who is clutter free all the time. I have my moments when I don’t want to budge and leave stuff every where. But when I’m up and about especially in the morning and early evening (when I feel my best), I declutter to the max and my stuff cleared, thrown or kept. In Feng Shui, decluttering or clearing out is of paramount importance to attract wealth and money energy. There may be times that despite you’re working hard, finances is slow. It’s like whatever you do in your career and business, luck is elusive. You may not know that by just decluttering, you allow wealth and money energy into your home. For my “decluttering style,” here’s what I do:

1. Love letters/cards from past relationships. THROW EVERYTHING! I read it once before I dispose it. If you can’t part with it, okay, you can keep at least one. Though I never had problems with love letters from past relationships because I made it a point to throw everything after the relationship is over. When I do that its like I am setting the person free and I feel good about myself .

2. Birthday, Christmas and other special cards. Same with love letters, you can throw everything after reading it once. But if you need your greeting cards for documentation for those in LDRs (Long Distance Relationships) keep it, but once you’re finally with your loved ones, I think disposing some of it is okay. I keep mine in clearbooks.

3. Photos. Recently, I attended a debut and the debutant said if there’s one thing she regret not doing in the past, its not taking enough photos of herself. I agree with her. We like to take photos of different events, milestones in our life.  But these photos can cram our homes if we don’t start a system of organizing it. At home, we have albums that house our old photos while I put all the unsorted photos in a photo storage box. But here’s what I did to my old photos. I kept the happy photos and disposed the photos of people I can’t remember and photos that are shabbily taken. In doing so I reduced the photo clutter. Taking photos are great! But you can keep it neat and organized.

4. Gifts from boyfriends, girlfriends or spouse/s. If whenever you see the gift makes you happy then keep it. But if you see the gift and it makes you angry, I’d say give it away to free yourself from negative feelings. You don’t want to attract negative chi into your home. Just surround yourself with stuff that makes you happy.

5. Jewelry and Accessories. I keep my jewelry and accessories organized by using plastic storage box used for storing arts and crafts materials. I line the box with tissue paper to protect my stuff. I have one for my “valuables” and one for accessories. I dispose plastic or metal accessories that are broken and rusty.

Its not easy to say goodbye to our STUFF. But you may need to do it one way or another to attract not just wealth and money energy, but to promote good health and wellness. Happy decluttering!

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