January 25, 2012 at 12:48 am
· Filed under Holiday Tips, Spring Cleaning, Uncategorized, decluttering
To start the ball rolling for 2012 let’s take a different tact than setting those old resolutions. Ho-hum. Do you really stick with them anyway? Instead, take some time to reflect on the accomplishments you achieved last year, and think about how you can build on them for 2012.
- Take a quality quiet moment to reflect on last year.
- Write down some of the achievements you made no matter how small they may seem. The act of writing them down is much more powerful than just thinking them in your head.
- Celebrate those achievements.
Now think about how you can treat these as a foundation and build on them in 2012.
- Choose a WORD that inspires you. I will share with you that my word for 2012 is JOY.
- Use that word as your filter throughout the year. Run any actions, lack of actions, purchases, events, relationships…just about everything through this word and see if they match.
The foundation of organizing is de-cluttering so that you end up with the right amount of stuff. When making the tough decisions about de-cluttering use your word as the filter. In my case I will ask myself if keeping the item will bring me joy. Sometimes the answer will be yes. But other times the joy will come from the relief of not holding on to things I truly don’t need. The joy will be in the space that is created by letting go of the item.
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I hope you take a moment and give this short exercise a try. You are welcome to share my word, Joy, or to find your own that really resonates with you.
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