Our homes are filled with tons of stuff. There is only so much space in
our homes, but our stuff is expanding to fill every crack, crevice and
cubbyhole. It has grown at a cancerous rate! In fact it is not only
multiplying at a remarkable rate but it is consuming us at the same
time.
It is robbing us of our self-esteem. It is stealing our time and it is
alienating us from our family and friends. We have to put a stop to it.
I want you to think about when you first contract this disease of stuff!
In our book Body Clutter we ask you what your comfort food was. We
wanted you to look at why that food soothed you. I am going to use this
assignment when it comes to our clutter. Clutter doesn't happen
overnight. It gradually sneaks in the door.
My clutter began to accumulate after having nothing but the clothes on
my back after a bad marriage. Within a year I had accumulated
everything I could possibly need into my two bedroom cabin up on the
farm. I like to think of this as the Scarlett O'Hara Syndrome. I was
determined to never be without my stuff again. As a result of this
stubborn resolve I unconsciously began collecting. Not for the sake of
a cherished item but because I was trying to fill an empty hole. This
is much the same way we do it with food. We will never be able to get
enough stuff to fill that hole.
I want to help you eliminate this need for more stuff and at the same
time give you the courage to let the clutter go! You don't need stuff
to define you as a person! This clutter is standing in the way of your
peace! I want you to take Scarlett's quote and use it to help you
eliminate your clutter. Let's take her determination and utilize that
power to Fling!
"As God is my witness, they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live
through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again."
I am going to reword the quote for my FlyBabies.
As God is my witness, CLUTTER is not going to lick me. I'm going to
live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry for
stuff again.
We can stop this cancer in its tracks with our SHE traits. We have
determination! We can hyper-focus and we want to FLY! Finally Love
Yourself!
Are you ready to get rid of your clutter one bag at a time? That is how
it came into your home! You can't organize clutter; you can only get
rid of it! Organizing clutter is no better than a Band-Aid on a
cancerous tumor. The growth needs to be removed before the healing can
take place.