It’s been said that the environment around you has a lot to do with how you feel. If your home or office is disorganized and full of clutter, you’re probably feeling a little stressed and maybe unhappy. What can you do to bring back some calmness into your life???
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Like most people, myself included, the silver bullet is a trip the Container Store to buy all the organizational storage that money can buy. Slam on the brakes!
That’s the wrong approach, according to Gretchen Rubin from The Happiness Project. According to Gretchen, there are Eleven Myths to De-Cluttering that you need to avoid in order to reach the nirvana and happiness you so desire.
Myth number 1: “I need to get organized.” No! Don’t get organized is the first step. This may not make sense, but her post on why you shouldn’t get organized is the main reason we never truly are. I can’t help but think how myth number 1 sounds similar to Fight Club rule number 1: “Never talk about Fight Club.”
You can read all the 11 Myths on her post, but I’ll some it up for you in a nutshell: Throw out what you don’t want or use and you’ll never have to worry about being organized again, because we are usually are biggest obstacles to achieving the serenity of being clutter free.
