Comments on: I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter! http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corrina Gordon-Barnes http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-1739 Corrina Gordon-Barnes Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:53:04 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-1739 Karen - if you email me directly, I'll see if I can send it to you. yes [at] youinspireme [dot] co [dot] uk Karen – if you email me directly, I’ll see if I can send it to you. yes [at] youinspireme [dot] co [dot] uk
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]]> By: KarenJ http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-1737 KarenJ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:39:54 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-1737 Thank you, Corrina! hey - Is your conversation with Sue (see your original post, way up there^^^ somewhere LOL) still accessible? I don't even remember if I grabbed it at the time, OR where it might be hiding on my hard drive, if I did. Her "that's SO true" articles have been immensely helpful, all along: http://www.unclutter-organize-transform.com/archives.html Oooh! and I see she's expanded it into the past - yippee! ~~~ My decluttering continues steadily, in fits-an-spurts, for many reasons: there's so <i>much</i> stuff; it's a big house; and there's a story for everything we kept (really, we did pretty well at not acquiring truly 'useless' stuff, but it's 20 years worth of 'ours', plus 'mine' and 'his', AND all kinds of Aunt Gracie's or Grampa's stuff!). I'm also often inspired / side-tracked by my changing visions for 'what I can bring in, after'. But I'm using <i>that</i> as my carrot - ;) Happy Monday to you, and Bright Blessings ~ Karen Thank you, Corrina!

hey – Is your conversation with Sue (see your original post, way up there^^^ somewhere LOL) still accessible? I don’t even remember if I grabbed it at the time, OR where it might be hiding on my hard drive, if I did.
Her “that’s SO true” articles have been immensely helpful, all along: http://www.unclutter-organize-transform.com/archives.html
Oooh! and I see she’s expanded it into the past – yippee!
~~~
My decluttering continues steadily, in fits-an-spurts, for many reasons: there’s so much stuff; it’s a big house; and there’s a story for everything we kept (really, we did pretty well at not acquiring truly ‘useless’ stuff, but it’s 20 years worth of ‘ours’, plus ‘mine’ and ‘his’, AND all kinds of Aunt Gracie’s or Grampa’s stuff!).
I’m also often inspired / side-tracked by my changing visions for ‘what I can bring in, after’. But I’m using that as my carrot – ;)

Happy Monday to you, and Bright Blessings ~ Karen
KarenJ´s last [type] ..“All the room in the world” Colleen Wainwright

]]> By: Corrina http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-1736 Corrina Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:02:45 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-1736 How lovely to see you back, Karen! It's a funny coincidence as I was revisiting Sue Rasmussen's work this week, listening to a recent teleclass she did: 'Change Your Life One Room At A Time' - so it's wonderful to hear about your great strides. I can feel what a challenge it will have been for you - and send you tons of love as you keep stepping bravely through the process. Thanks a bundle for checking back in! xx How lovely to see you back, Karen! It’s a funny coincidence as I was revisiting Sue Rasmussen’s work this week, listening to a recent teleclass she did: ‘Change Your Life One Room At A Time’ – so it’s wonderful to hear about your great strides. I can feel what a challenge it will have been for you – and send you tons of love as you keep stepping bravely through the process. Thanks a bundle for checking back in! xx

]]> By: KarenJ http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-1716 KarenJ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:19:17 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-1716 Hi again, Corrina ~ nearly a year later! I've been making great strides forward in de-cluttering, an inch at a time. ...And also dealing with a complete shift of my frames: my hunny passed away late last summer, so much of the energy tied up in stacks and piles and boxes has morphed from just "in the way" to "must be sorted, dealt with, and released" - Believe me, it's been a challenge! the 'in process' rooms look far worse than they did before - simply gotta remind myself that it IS a process, and it Will (already is) get better ... Bright Spring Blessings to you! Karen J Hi again, Corrina ~ nearly a year later!
I’ve been making great strides forward in de-cluttering, an inch at a time. …And also dealing with a complete shift of my frames: my hunny passed away late last summer, so much of the energy tied up in stacks and piles and boxes has morphed from just “in the way” to “must be sorted, dealt with, and released” –
Believe me, it’s been a challenge! the ‘in process’ rooms look far worse than they did before – simply gotta remind myself that it IS a process, and it Will (already is) get better …

Bright Spring Blessings to you!

Karen J
KarenJ´s last [type] ..“All the room in the world” Colleen Wainwright

]]> By: Corrina http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-441 Corrina Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:31:10 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-441 Chris - I'm so happy you've jumped in here! To have turned your passion into a business - makes my heart sing :-) Thanks for the link to your association; it is transformative to hire someone to assist you - you then have person-power and time set aside to actually make it happen. For others of you reading, Chris is helping bring my Fail Is Not A Four Letter Word workshop to Devon this summer. See: http://youinspireme.co.uk/workshops/fail-is-not-a-four-letter-word/ and if it speaks to you, book your place at the super earlybird price. Karen - Welcome - and delighted you've come via Mark. Yes sometimes when there are sooo many stories which come up, they just hit us like those tennis ball machines, pounding out too quickly for us to deal with them. One small area at a time, one story at a time certainly feels more manageable. When you read this comment, let it be the trigger to release yourself from the ostrich stance... Go do a little bite-size decluttering RIGHT NOW! :) .-= Corrina´s last blog ..<a href="http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/" rel="nofollow">I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter!</a> =-. Chris – I’m so happy you’ve jumped in here! To have turned your passion into a business – makes my heart sing :-) Thanks for the link to your association; it is transformative to hire someone to assist you – you then have person-power and time set aside to actually make it happen.

For others of you reading, Chris is helping bring my Fail Is Not A Four Letter Word workshop to Devon this summer. See: http://youinspireme.co.uk/workshops/fail-is-not-a-four-letter-word/ and if it speaks to you, book your place at the super earlybird price.

Karen – Welcome – and delighted you’ve come via Mark. Yes sometimes when there are sooo many stories which come up, they just hit us like those tennis ball machines, pounding out too quickly for us to deal with them. One small area at a time, one story at a time certainly feels more manageable. When you read this comment, let it be the trigger to release yourself from the ostrich stance… Go do a little bite-size decluttering RIGHT NOW! :)
.-= Corrina´s last blog ..I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter! =-.

]]> By: Karen J http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-439 Karen J Sun, 30 May 2010 15:44:12 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-439 Oh, the ostrich-stance!! So painful, and yet so easy to get into! I've been ostriching about both clutter (of all types) and finances for too many years to count - far too often, it feels like "One step forward and two steps back"! I'm getting a lot of good in-sight-formation from Sue's site already! Thank you for that connection. Re: your question to Jude(1), I use "bite-sized decluttering" (when I remember to!). It actually makes it easier to deal with the stories-in-your-stuff, because not so many of them come up, all at once. Your insightful comments at Mark Silver's Heart of Business blog are what led me here ~ but I'll be back! Bright Blessings! Karen .-= Karen J´s last blog ..<a href="http://curvesnangles.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/5555/" rel="nofollow">5555</a> =-. Oh, the ostrich-stance!! So painful, and yet so easy to get into!
I’ve been ostriching about both clutter (of all types) and finances for too many years to count – far too often, it feels like “One step forward and two steps back”!
I’m getting a lot of good in-sight-formation from Sue’s site already! Thank you for that connection.
Re: your question to Jude(1), I use “bite-sized decluttering” (when I remember to!). It actually makes it easier to deal with the stories-in-your-stuff, because not so many of them come up, all at once.

Your insightful comments at Mark Silver’s Heart of Business blog are what led me here ~ but I’ll be back!
Bright Blessings! Karen
.-= Karen J´s last blog ..5555 =-.

]]> By: Chris Durrant http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-435 Chris Durrant Thu, 27 May 2010 10:53:21 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-435 Oh the joys of decluttering! I enjoy it so much I have made it my business. Not choosing to make the time to sort things out is high on the list of why we get cluttered up but so is the ostrich approach. It is possible to actually blank out the accumulating mess so you simply don't see it even though it steadily encroaches on your living and thinking space. I belong to APDO the association of professional declutterers and organisers,check out their website, www.apdo-uk.co.uk . We believe in physically helping people to overcome their inertia and get the job done. It is amazing how much can be accomplished when a couple of you work together. As with so many things it is getting started that is the problem. Booking some one to come and help can be the kick start you need. In my own case I cleared out the excess thick winter socks from my underwear drawer yesterday. It is so much easier to find what I need and the thick socks will swop places with the summer ones next autumn. Why didn't I do that years ago? The modern way of life means we are constantly filling our homes with stuff - it has to be culled every so often or we will simply drown in it. I love the idea of just 10 minutes stints of clearing - bite sized chunks - works every time. Oh the joys of decluttering! I enjoy it so much I have made it my business. Not choosing to make the time to sort things out is high on the list of why we get cluttered up but so is the ostrich approach. It is possible to actually blank out the accumulating mess so you simply don’t see it even though it steadily encroaches on your living and thinking space. I belong to APDO the association of professional declutterers and organisers,check out their website,
http://www.apdo-uk.co.uk . We believe in physically helping people to overcome their inertia and get the job done. It is amazing how much can be accomplished when a couple of you work together. As with so many things it is getting started that is the problem. Booking some one to come and help can be the kick start you need.
In my own case I cleared out the excess thick winter socks from my underwear drawer yesterday. It is so much easier to find what I need and the thick socks will swop places with the summer ones next autumn. Why didn’t I do that years ago?
The modern way of life means we are constantly filling our homes with stuff – it has to be culled every so often or we will simply drown in it. I love the idea of just 10 minutes stints of clearing – bite sized chunks – works every time.

]]> By: Corrina http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-434 Corrina Wed, 26 May 2010 14:02:46 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-434 Corinne - Cool name :) Fantastic that the audio offered a kickstart - it had that impact on me too! Ah yes we do have very clever strategies for staying where we are; it seems so much more comfortable here. Do keep us updated on Operation Declutter - I wonder whether giving it that title actually helps, makes it more compelling....? If you want extra help with decluttering, you might like some coaching sessions - and there's a special offer on at the moment. Check out: http://youinspireme.co.uk/special-offers or simply click the 'Special Offers' section in the menu bar above. .-= Corrina´s last blog ..<a href="http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/" rel="nofollow">I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter!</a> =-. Corinne – Cool name :) Fantastic that the audio offered a kickstart – it had that impact on me too! Ah yes we do have very clever strategies for staying where we are; it seems so much more comfortable here. Do keep us updated on Operation Declutter – I wonder whether giving it that title actually helps, makes it more compelling….?

If you want extra help with decluttering, you might like some coaching sessions – and there’s a special offer on at the moment. Check out: http://youinspireme.co.uk/special-offers or simply click the ‘Special Offers’ section in the menu bar above.
.-= Corrina´s last blog ..I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter! =-.

]]> By: Corinne http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-433 Corinne Wed, 26 May 2010 12:28:28 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-433 Corrina! Bless you! I finally gave in to the denial that I needed to declutter but just kept putting it off. I listened to the audio and it helped to kick-start me. My biggest thing was actually making more clutter so that it would take longer to declutter, then I could hold onto not moving forward just a little while longer lol! (I know, bad logic) So right now I'm going to tackle the pile of ironing (my wardrobe is bare!) and then move on from there. I have been given lots of opportunities recently but none have stuck, so once I start 'Operation Declutter' we'll see how this unfolds :) Thank you! Corrina! Bless you!

I finally gave in to the denial that I needed to declutter but just kept putting it off. I listened to the audio and it helped to kick-start me. My biggest thing was actually making more clutter so that it would take longer to declutter, then I could hold onto not moving forward just a little while longer lol! (I know, bad logic) So right now I’m going to tackle the pile of ironing (my wardrobe is bare!) and then move on from there.

I have been given lots of opportunities recently but none have stuck, so once I start ‘Operation Declutter’ we’ll see how this unfolds :)

Thank you!

]]> By: Corrina http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/#comment-430 Corrina Mon, 24 May 2010 09:32:25 +0000 http://youinspireme.co.uk/?p=1579#comment-430 Natalie - Big smiles from over here :-) Yes I was also Ms Super-Smug "I don't have clutter, it's all my partner's" and actually as Sue says on that teleclass, we only generally deal with the tip of the iceberg. It's actually the stuff below the surface which we don't label as 'clutter' that we REALLY need to let go of because that's what's most profoundly holding us back. Thanks so much for sharing your story; I'd be curious to hear if other interesting opportunities or results come in to you, now that you've made space... VeganChu - Yeah, apt picture huh? That painful ostrich stance - "If I don't look, I just won't see it". And yet clutter has a huge impact energetically so we can't help but see it in terms of how we feel and how we're able to respond to life. How did it go with short bursts in your breaks? Could actually have the added bonus of providing relief from monotonous revision....? I can feel your excitement about a big post-exam space clear - aaaahhhh :-) .-= Corrina´s last blog ..<a href="http://youinspireme.co.uk/2010/i-feel-too-cluttered-to-declutter/" rel="nofollow">I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter!</a> =-. Natalie – Big smiles from over here :-) Yes I was also Ms Super-Smug “I don’t have clutter, it’s all my partner’s” and actually as Sue says on that teleclass, we only generally deal with the tip of the iceberg. It’s actually the stuff below the surface which we don’t label as ‘clutter’ that we REALLY need to let go of because that’s what’s most profoundly holding us back. Thanks so much for sharing your story; I’d be curious to hear if other interesting opportunities or results come in to you, now that you’ve made space…

VeganChu – Yeah, apt picture huh? That painful ostrich stance – “If I don’t look, I just won’t see it”. And yet clutter has a huge impact energetically so we can’t help but see it in terms of how we feel and how we’re able to respond to life. How did it go with short bursts in your breaks? Could actually have the added bonus of providing relief from monotonous revision….? I can feel your excitement about a big post-exam space clear – aaaahhhh :-)
.-= Corrina´s last blog ..I Feel Too Cluttered To Declutter! =-.

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