I guess spring cleaning is kind of a… whaddya call it… not an oxymoron, although I’m feeling like an ox of a moron to not be able to recall… “cliché!” That’s it! Got it. Thanks for hangin’ in there with me and my missing brain.
Anyway, spring cleaning is kind of a cliché, but that’s what we’re up to. Instead of just vacuming around furniture and poking the end of the vacume thingy into the corner, we actually are pulling furniture away from the wall and getting behind it. Clearing out the magazine rack. I even dumped a bunch of old computer files into the little virtual dustbin. Sweeping the basement, for goshsakes.
It’s amazing what spring cleaning will do for your health and sanity, for your sinuses (blowing my nose vigorously after inhaling dust for the last hour or so), and for your business. If you know me at all, you know I have a practical side (ex-paramedic, ex-magazine editor) and a woo-woo side (spiritual healer, Sufi teacher).
Spring cleaning falls into both categories: practical (get rid of your junk) and woo-woo (there is a satisfied, clear feeling of spaciousness.) There is a subtle feeling of spaciousness below me after we’ve cleared junk out of the basement. I breathe easier just feeling the clean corners. And it’s not just our mind, when people come over, the comments reflect the state of spring cleaning.
I’ve always been a big fan of Karen Kingston’s Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui. The first time my wife and I read it, we were possessed with an unstoppable energy to sweep through our house and -clear- -out- -clutter-. To the tune of $1500 worth at the resulting yard sale. Amazing.
But, if you want to start a little smaller, and, remember Mother Theresa once said: “One can never do great things. One can only do small things with great love.” So, starting smaller might mean picking up a copy of Joanna Rueter’s Decluttering 101 (click on her Resources page.) Although she doesn’t yet have a handy online ordering system set up, it’s worthwhile emailing her to grab a copy.
Why? Well, it’s not earth-shattering. And I think that’s what’s so great. It’s a simple booklet, pocket-sized, spiral-bound, that sits upright on your desk, or boxes, or whatever, so you can flip one page over at a time, and follow the simple, step-by-step to clearing one small pile at a time. And I should mention that Joanna walks her talk. And she has a wonderful sense of calm and peacefulness about her, that still feels alive and full of strength. And, it comes through in her booklet.
I should disclose that she just joined one of my Opening the Moneyflow: Focus on Marketing classes, so we’ll get her online sales abilities up to speed. And, we’ll get her to stop using frames in her website so people like me can make a direct link to her products.
But, I like her little manual. And everyone should enjoy the “Ahhhhh…” of spring cleaning.
