What
I know for sure is that when you declutter – whether it’s on your home, your
head, or your heart – it is astounding what will flow into that space that will
enrich you, your life, and your family. ― Peter Walsh, Lose the Clutter, Lose
the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
Have
nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be
beautiful. – William Morris
Spring cleaning…we
all know that it is a popular occurrence for people when spring arrives, but
why? Different websites give different reasons such
as the Jewish custom to clean homes before Passover or the Chinese that clean
out their homes in anticipation of the new year. However, the best answer may simply be that
during the winter months fewer hours of sunlight trigger a release of melatonin
in our brains, which causes sleepiness in humans. Once the days start getting longer in the
spring, more sunlight means less melatonin production and more productivity!
Clutter decreases
productivity and now is a great time to start cleaning out to help create more
time for accomplishing dreams. As
someone that doubted this after I heard one of my motivational mentors talk
about it, I challenged myself the last week of March to organize areas of my
life to prepare for a fun, exciting and hopefully crazy summer!
My apartment is
less than 900 square feet, but I did find many things to clean out. For example, I had a pile of “stuff” that
needed to be taken to the Salvation Army, so I accomplished that. I had purchased a few items that I could not decide
if I wanted to keep or return. During
this time, I returned the items I chose not to keep and placed the items I kept
in their proper place. A “pile” in your
home can be a continual nuisance and this is a great time to get rid of
it.
Productivity is never an
accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent
planning, and focused effort. Paul J. Meyer
Challenge: Create a
list of areas that need to be cleaned, list of tasks/activities that need to be
accomplished and start a list of items to be purchased/returned in April.
Resources
No comments:
Post a Comment