metal health

What’s your de-cluttering style? Do you move piles from one room to the next or do you have a ‘junk’ room, even a junk draw?

I realized I had been feeling a sense of overwhelmed for a while and I was letting the mental list of de-cluttering jobs really weigh me down. Now given that my life is pretty full and I wanted to sort through my whole house and garage this approach was not working so well for me, let’s face it that would take me a substantial block of time.

Have you ever felt like the clutter in your house, office, workplace, wardrobe or garage was getting you down? Sometimes we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed by the ‘clutter’ in our lives and this has an impact in ways we don’t even imagine; it can even have an impact on our mental health and wellness.

I realized I needed to start breaking things down into smaller bite sized pieces, small tasks that I could accomplish in a short period of time and start to feel good about making progress.

The first thing I did was clean out my fridge and pantry – what a relief.

There is even some evidence to suggest that the clutter in our life may also contribute to holding onto clutter on our bodies – excess weight. In a recent de-cluttering mood, I decided to clean out my wallet , amazing what you find in amongst all those receipts.