Just Get Rid of It
Author: Timmi Perrin

Spring cleaning – a wonderful annual tradition associated with this time of year. A powerful way to honor one’s Self and the shifts occurring both in the earth and in our collective consciousness. I am committed to introducing ideas and concepts that inspire people to honor home and space in a new and influential way.

Before I introduce a subject that is near and dear to all of us, I would like to highlight some of the fundamental concepts of Feng Shui. A primary tenet of Feng Shui is that our outer environment (home and work space) reflects our inner environment. Our home is our larger body. Altering our environments can impact both our physical and emotional well being. We can attract better health, more simplicity or increased prosperity. Our home is a mirror of our life. Everything in our external environment has energy that impacts our internal environment. By arranging our external environment so the flow of energy is more balanced, our internal environment shifts and absorbs the more balanced energy. The outcome will be our life feels more balanced. Quite simple and quite beautiful!

Another critical piece to the Feng Shui puzzle is the feeling of a space. We’ve all been in places that feel good – we want to kick off our shoes and settle in. There are also those spaces where we are sitting on the edge of our seat eager to leave. Though you might not be able to put your finger on what makes a place feel good, you know it when you feel it.

Now focus of this article. Though it might not be sexy or exotic, it is something that is familiar to each of us. We have an abundance of it here in the west – we are going to be discussing clutter. It runs rampant in most lives and it’s a powerful time to GET RID OF IT!

Lets talk about clutter. Clutter collects dust, it collects dirt, it is unsightly, it is the past, it is remindful of things you need to do and it slows, if not stops, the flow of energy. Need I say more? Willingness to get down and dirty to start getting rid of clutter is the most powerful ways to improve the flow of energy in your space.

To many, clutter is obvious – the unread magazines, the catalogues, the “I’ll get to it later” stacks of reading material, the stacks of National Geographic which someone will surely pay good money for and the “I don’t know where to put it” stack. What may not be obvious as clutter is the following list of familiars:
- clothes that no longer fit
- clothes that were expensive but you don’t like any more
- 32 baseball caps you may wear some day
- Christmas decorations which haven’t seen a limb in 4 years
- electrical appliances which haven’t made it to repair yet
- gifts you’ve received that you feel legally obligated to display - permission now granted to give it away
- exercise equipment that was going to be ‘the one’ to make the difference….
Just to name a few! Stuff is rampant in our lives and we are often crippled by its abundance. Because energy rises, I often recommend that clutter reduction start in the cellar. Because energy rises, clear a path to receive the balanced energy of the earth. In my classes and presentations, the gasps and groans produced by this recommendation are audible! Cellars and attics always tend to gather our ‘the out of sight, out of mind’ belongings. My advice when you are trying to decide - attic or cellar – reconsider and just GET RID OF IT!

An old adage states “a cluttered desk indicates a cluttered mind”. Be good to yourself, honor your space and start to be in action in your outer environment. Eliminating the past and the old will make room for an exciting and new future. Remember – your home is a mirror of your life. Changing your space will make room for the changes you desire in your life.








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Timmi Perrin lives in Amesbury, MA and has been creating harmonious environments since 1993. Recently interviewed on Channel 7 News, Katherin has organized, arranged and decorated many homes and offices for her clients that include real estate and manufacturing firms, retail and healing spaces as well as individual homes. Having studied Feng Shui with students of Professor Lin Yun, Timmi also incorporates design, intuition, and coaching skills to assist in creating harmonious and prosperous environments. You can find Timmi's web site at www.freedomofspace.com

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