Day 207 - A Year to Clear - Wait It Out

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Lesson 207: Wait It Out

Today we are to take a step back when feelings start to arise that bring us discomfort – the anger, sadness, frustration, overwhelm. Whatever feeling you have, just stop for a moment and breathe. Allow the feelings to come about and wait for them to shift. It’s about watching the change happen.

My Thursday consisted of work, an osteo appointment and a TV night with a friend. Nothing really major happened on my day. There are times when I do get frustrated at work and sometimes like my only mode is anger and frustration there. The shift I made happen was just to accept the situation and change my personal circumstance – so I applied for a new job. I believe I need to look at my options so that I can be happy in the place that I spend the majority of my time in. I believe seeing this internal job advertised was a spark that gave me some hope. I have a particular working skill and it’s not a job that gets advertised often. I feel like taking a stand on my attitude opened up possibilities of options to come my way. If I made the shift in attitude rather than sink into just anger and frustration, that wasn’t helping myself nor was it helping those around me. Morale is low in my department but that doesn’t mean I can’t be a catalyst for change.

Day 98 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 14 - Getting Spacious

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Lesson 98: Check In WEEK 14 - Getting Spacious

This week saw us become more spacious by taking on a simple exercise of identifying an area of the home and taking a minute a day in it to help clear. I noticed that I was more motivated to clear, knowing that new people would be visiting my home and that I wanted it to look more like the home I wanted, because they would look upon it for the first time. I also wanted to be rid of items that I didn’t want use as often as I’d like, and was introduced to the concept, that if it didn’t fill my heart with joy, then maybe it was time to move that item along. Never really looked at my items and space in this way and I felt I really benefited from that simple advice. Taking a minute out of each day is useful because as soon as I feel overwhelm, I can stop. My make-up is my current challenge, as I am trying to decide what colours are truly my colours and what I would wear, and then I want to rid myself of all the items I do not use. I am becoming more spacious and noticed that I want a simple space that has life also. It’s been a good week for clearing and hope I maintain it.

Day 96 - A Year to Clear - Adjust As Needed

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Lesson 96: Adjust As Needed

Today is about adjusting the sixty second round up routine if required. If you felt overwhelmed, try changing the type of space you’re trying to tackle or start out smaller. If you didn’t feel challenged, expand the space you’re working in or tackle more areas in one go.

I personally think I’m going well with this challenge. I am going to work on my dressing table where all my make-up resides. I have a lot of make-up that I don’t use and want to pass them onto my mate’s daughter. Apart from this, my dressing table is a mess and I need to tidy it up. As I mentioned before, I also want more plants in my space to liven it up. So far, I haven’t felt overwhelmed in a long time and just take each step as I go. There is no race really. Steady pace is all I need.

Day 85 - A Year to Clear - Enough

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Lesson 85: Enough

“I am enough, I have enough. There is enough.—Your Spacious Self”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

New week equals a new theme and this week’s is “Being Enough”.

Repeat the phrases and notice how you’re feeling. Repeating those phrases really takes some time to sink in… and maybe for some it won’t sink in at all. There is really a major shift in your thinking especially how you view yourself. There is a lot of self-acceptance which not everyone can achieve until they truly believe that about themselves.

I definitely think that I have enough possessions. Not only that but I have a lot/enough in life – friends, money, a home etc. I know that a lot of people live with a lot less so I am grateful for what I have.

In terms of there being enough, I think this is about appreciating the small things in life. Not everything has to be a grand gesture. Value the things you have but also the people around you because you will find that you truly have enough.

Day 84 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 12 - Connecting With Home

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Lesson 84: Check In WEEK 12 - Connecting With Home

So, the end of the week has us reflecting on what we had learned about our homes or workplace. I think I have a lot of work to do in making my home my own. Time is definitely my friend in this situation. Once I get my space to truly feel like mine, then it will be good for me. I can truly be myself.

Like I mentioned in a previous post, people can really make or break a workspace, or even a home. Whatever mood they are in really captures the energy of the room. The mood of people helps to create the presence of the room. This is where I can really distinguish the difference from one space to another.

I find that my home reveals to me that I’m a working progress and may have quite a lazy type of personality. I am aware of this and try to work through it. I feel like that I’m doing well in terms of creating steps towards the way I want to be. I am going to work hard for my goals. My house definitely reflects this laziness right now. Small steps I think to create a routine that have bigger outcomes.