| The hidden benefits you can find when you declutter | | | | decided that it was time to organize his life. Andy had |
| your life are well worth the initial effort you may need | | | | been single for quite a few years and had got to the |
| to put in. Organization experts have reported that their | | | | point where he had accepted that, for the time being |
| clients frequently experience a range of positive | | | | he would be alone. However, he realized that if he |
| benefits as a result of reducing clutter from losing | | | | ever did meet a nice girl and want to cook her dinner |
| weight and being more creative to increased financial | | | | at his place, it would be real turn off with his dirty |
| abundance and productivity at work and in their | | | | laundry spilling out into the hallway, books, cups, |
| businesses. | | | | paperwork and his growing collection of vintage toy |
| You see, clutter is as much an inside job as it is an | | | | robots taking over his apartment. |
| external problem that may be holding you back. A | | | | He actually enlisted the help of an organization expert |
| cluttered home is an indication of a cluttered mind. And | | | | and in just two weeks his apartment was |
| a cluttered mind will most often reflect itself in the | | | | transformed. A month later, Andy got a promotion at |
| outside world as a cluttered life. You may find you're | | | | work and two months after that met a lovely women |
| never prepared enough to pay bills on time, or that you | | | | whom he's now planning to marry. |
| forget important dates, appointments or tasks. A | | | | In fact, I've seen this work in my own life too. Three |
| cluttered mind can create arguments with your loved | | | | weeks after I cleared out my clunky old file cabinet |
| ones or even with people you hardly know. | | | | and ditched a load of paperwork I had no need to |
| It's no mistake that an authentic Buddhist monastery | | | | hang on to, I got a new client for my coaching |
| will be clean, well ordered and clutter-free. It's merely a | | | | business. There is no telling exactly what will come into |
| reflection of the dominant mindset in that environment. | | | | your life when you declutter, but you can be sure that |
| If the dominant mindset in your environment is one of | | | | you first need to create the space for it. |
| chaos and disorganization, expect to find a fair amount | | | | Reducing clutter in your home can bring a sense of |
| of clutter in your space. | | | | calm, order and peace to your life as well as making it |
| Clearing the clutter in your home can create space in | | | | easier to go about your daily business. For example, |
| your life, which in turn can leave room for serendipitous | | | | finding what you're looking for becomes a lot easier |
| and synchronistic events and happenings that you | | | | and you'll also be more inclined to spend time relaxing |
| could not possibly imagine. After years of living in a | | | | in your home if it's looking good. |
| chaotic and cluttered apartment, my good friend Andy | | | | |