quote of the week ~ September 23, 2013

When you purge unnecessary possessions and open up your space,

 

you feel more energized, focused, and motivated.

 

~ Peter Walsh

quote of the week ~ September 16, 2013

With all the things you have in your life,

are you any more happy than your dog?

~ Ramesh Balsekar

quote of the week ~ September 9, 2013

Science is organized knowledge.  

Wisdom is organized life.

 

~ Emmanuel Kant ~

quote of the week ~ September 2, 2013

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! 

 

Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it.

 

Goethe

quote of the week ~ August 26, 2013

Have nothing in your house 

that you do not know to be useful,

or believe to be beautiful.

~ William Morris ~

quote of the week ~ August 19, 2013

 

 

Organizing is what you do before you do something, 

so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

 

~ A.A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh ~

 

quote of the week - August 12, 2013

May your walls know joy;

may every room hold laughter

and every window open to great possibility.

~ Maryann Radmacher-Hershey ~



quote of the week ~ August 5, 2013

The world is full of individuals who could have made a difference

 

but were never ambitious or prepared enough

 

to show the world what they’re capable of.

 

~ Dan Schawbel ~

a secret about your things

I loved this passage from the book Clutter Busting by Brooks Palmer, so I thought I would share.  He titled this section "The Secret".

Things will not make me happy.  Repeat this phrase many times.

We try to give our lives significance by filling them up with things.  But it just doesn't work.  You never feel there is enough.  By discarding things that are important to other people but not to you, you start to live more spontaneously, and your natural joy comes through.  Now is the time to be self-reliant.  Now is the time to let go.

Hanging on to things is a way to avoid change.  Change is inherent in every cell of your body.  It occurs every second of your life.  Nothing stands still.  You can pretend change is not happening by distracting yourself with things that don't matter.  But that doesn't suit you.  You've been anesthetizing yourself with things to create a false sense of stability; meanwhile, change is going on inside and around you all the time.  

When you begin to let go of the old useless artifacts of your past, you accept change, and you discover a profound peace of mind because you are going with the flow of life.  There's momentum and power in that.  That feeling of personal mightiness replaces the need to acquire things.  Many of us own things to suppress feelings that we find difficult to face.  But you cannot permanently suppress them.  Now is the time to let those things go.  The world misses you while you're in hiding.  Come out.  It is safe. 

Do these words resonate with you?  I have been working on looking critically at my belongings and hanging on to only those things I find beautiful or useful (see my posts on my recent Purge Project).  I had no idea the extent to which my "old useless artifacts" were holding me to my past.  The wedding dress I wore nearly a decade ago has been following me around for years, reminding me of a marriage that failed.  Many of the decorative items in my home came from a different decorating taste and period in my life, and I am loving the empty space I've created by letting some of them go.  It's amazing how a white wall is so much more inspiring than a painting I didn't love, and a clear tabletop is so much more attractive than one covered with knick-knacks I would never choose.  We may not acknowledge it often, but the stuff we surround ourselves with has a profound impact on the feelings we experience in that space, and clearing the clutter provides wide open spaces for new possibilities.

 

quote of the week - July 29, 2013

Staying organized is like gardening.

 

You are constantly weeding, it's part of your routine.

~ Peri Wolfman ~

quote of the week ~ July 22, 2013

Start by doing what's necessary;

then do what's possible;

and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

~ St. Francis of Assisi ~

quote of the week ~ July 15, 2013

A man can succeed at almost anything

 

for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

 

~ Charles Shwab ~

What goals do you hope to achieve in the next week, month, or year?

quote of the week ~ July 8, 2013

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ~ Bill Cosby ~

quote of the week ~ July 1, 2013

When we throw out the physical clutter,

we clear our minds.

When we throw out the mental clutter,

we clear our souls.

~ Gail Blanke ~

quote of the week ~June 24, 2013

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

~ Pearl S. Buck ~

quote of the week ~ June 17, 2013

A man is rich in proportion

 

to the number of things

 

which he can afford to leave alone.

 

 

~ Henry David Thoreau ~


Bringing order to your chaos affords you the opportunity to worry less and live more.
If you have trouble finding the motivation or need some support with the process, hiring a professional organizer will give you the boost you need to transform your space, break free from clutter, and adapt your environment to fit your needs.

quote of the week ~ June 10, 2013