Inspired Real Estate For Today

The fact is that almost all of us are messy in some area of our lives.  For some, it's an extreme problem.  But for the vast majority of us, our version of messiness carries a unique message if we care to listen and observe. 

Messiness may be about an area over which you feel you have no control and therefore fail to organize.  Or it may be a means of exerting control.  I have come to the conclusion that some teenagers bedrooms manifest this kind of chaos to protest against the freaky neatness of their parents!

How we choose to reveal our messiness also says something.  A desire to maintain a certain appearance can be about neatness and cleanliness, but it can also be about controlling a perception and image.  Neither of these is necessarily bad, it just helpful to understand the nature of our intentions.

The nature of our messiness may change over time.  Sometimes elderly people who have been neat all their lives become increasingly messy as dementia or Alzheimer's take their toll.  It is important to be aware of changes in lifestyle patterns, such as house keeping habits, as these may be first indicators of changes that are taking place deep below the surface.  This type of progressive decline can sometimes be observed when individuals are feeling overwhelmed or dealing with depression. 

Cleaning up a mess can serve many functions.  Clearing excess clutter out of one's life leaves space for new things to enter.  New ideas, new people, new opportunities, new situations.  Sometimes the most toxic type of clutter has no physical manifestation.  It is the clutter of old worn out ideologies, prejudices, fear and traumas.  This type of clutter can be far more crippling that anything that stuffs up a home.  Emotional baggage can be carried around for decades, creating a dead weight of junk in the home that we all share in common...the human body. 

Emotional clutter needs to be regularly cleared for our human bodies to remain clean and healthy.  Developing a practise of meditation that includes releasing emotional clutter on a daily basis can serve as a vital link to maintaining good health.  Many forward thinking health practitioners are indicating that psychosomatic illness, which results from unfinished emotional issues, is one of the primary underlying reasons for serious disease in our country.

Examining the nature of our clutter and dealing with the underlying issues is an important step in moving forward.  When excess clutter leaves your life, in whatever form it manifests, it's like a weight has been lifted off.  It's like the exhilaration of breathing fresh air with clear lungs.  Excess clutter has many important ramifications in our lives.  The benefits of examining it and dealing with getting rid of it when appropriate are huge! This is critical not just for selling a home, but in moving forward to create a productive life.

You can contact us to talk about decluttering your home for a Faster Sale!

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