Here's what works:
- Chances are you have a ton of JUNK in your home, and maybe in your bedroom. If you have a big home (not huge, just big enough so you can do this), you should only keep in your room what you need to sleep and relax. You have no idea how much pressure this will take from your shoulders.
- Get rid of all the JUNK you have in your home (not only in your bedroom, although the bedroom is the most important part of this equation). Try to have a maximum number of things, say 50, per room. The book Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste is amazing.
- Reduce your accessible clothing. Keep essential clothing with a 20% buffer in your room. This means that you will not have rain coats anywhere to be seen in the summer time. I realized how much stress this caused me because one of my drawers could not close, in the summer, because of a scarf. This is great reading on this: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.
- Keep one rule: you don't bring anything new home if you're not tossing something. This I learned in some book and it is so powerful I could not come close to explain you.
- Now that you've got rid of physical junk, you should step up to emotional junk. Stop for a day (take a Sunday off) and think about your life. Let toxic relationships go. Identify relationships that drain your energy and bring you no benefit. This may include family members (those you can cut off of your life, but you can still change *your*`attitude towards them). Read this book: Toxic Relationships: How to DE-TOX From Negative People and Abusive Relationships.
- If you spend a lot of time on the internet and on the computer, work towards a clean environment. This book Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life did wonders for me. You have no idea how much pressure a 100-tab browser, 100-folder desktop and a gazillion accounts on the internet can be.
- Leave time buffers everywhere. Go earlier to take your time. Schedule at 9.15 and write down 9. There are many techniques you can use to organize your time in such a way that you relieve pressure. Read some of them here: Organizing Your Day: Time Management Techniques That Will Work for You.
- Stop complaining. Be grateful instead. BEING GRATEFUL: How to Open the Door to a More Fulfilled & Abundant Life in 13 Easy Steps.
- Relax and meditate. Live the present, the moment. Appreciate it.
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