Day 47 - A Year to Clear - Rule of One

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Lesson 47: The Rule of One

“Adopting the rule of one means clearing one thing (thought, issue) — with awareness — for one minute, once a day, for one week.”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

So I had a pretty shitty week and decided that I needed my weekend. So no lessons and I just wanted to do my own thing. It means I play catch up but I needed a bit of sanity back.

Friday’s lesson was about taking the list we made on Thursday, choosing one action of that list and making a sub-list. Every day for one minute I am to notice how I am feel before, during and after the practice. This sub-list is meant to slow me down because it isn’t a race to cram it all into the one minute.

So recently I heavily decluttered my clothing, shoes and jewellery. All these items live in a store room outside of my apartment but I haven’t finished going through my home to create the physical space into an environment that I fully enjoy. My item from Thursday’s list is “Physical clutter”.

My sub-list of action

·         Create a giveaway bag, keep bag and throw away bag

·         Go through one box of items a day and do as much as I can manage

·         Tidy up the space in which these items came from

·         Rearrange the room to my liking

·         Give away items to charity or friends daughter

·         Find a place for those items I want to keep

·         Put furniture or unused items up on Gumtree and Facebook marketplace

·         Throw away all the items you don’t need without attachment

·         Feel good because you’ve cleared your space

Now I’ve got to do this for real.