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Archive for August 22nd, 2010

Unclutterization

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For everyone who doesn’t already live in an RV, there is a challenge that has been offered to get rid of a thing a day in a goal of uncluttering. I like that it is an open-ended challenge. Do it for a week or a month or a year. Whatever works for you.

I started the process a while ago. I enlisted my staff at work to help me out by being open to receiving things I was interested in giving away. I also invited them to consider doing the same with items they have accumulated. We have an ongoing swap-meet in place now. If an item is serving no purpose for you, then release it back into the world to serve in the manner for which it was intended.

I didn’t expect it to ripple in the way I have seen occur. Uncluttering is magic.

I also didn’t expect it to begin to expand beyond physical items. Now I’m experiencing some uncluttering of my mind. It’s powerful stuff, this challenge.

One thing a day.

It could become a way of life. Or, I could just sell my house and move into an RV. But that’s a different challenge.

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August 22, 2010 at 8:09 am

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