Decluttering is 90% mental. Your mindset will make or break your decluttering success! It’s never been more clear to me than after wrapping up the first week inside From Clutter to Clarity, the 30 Day Reset course.
DEEP questions have come up about our worth, our identity, who God is, and how much we trust Him.
To give you a little taste, here are 5 mindset shifts you must make to declutter successfully (which one is you?):
1.Fear of scarcity. If you grew up with fears about not being provided for, this might run especially deep. This could look like asking “But what if I need this someday?” Hanging on makes you feel in control, ensuring you’ll always have what you need … just in case.
✨ Mindset shift: Trust God to provide for ALL your needs. What if you do donate something you wish you had later (9x out of 10, you can replace it. If not, it’s a learning experience of what NOT to do). If what you fear happens, do you believe God will still provide for you? Are you living like you believe it?
2. Compensating for feeling inferior. Do you compare yourself and what you have to others? Do you buy the latest and greatest, and whatever is trendy to fit in?
✨ Mindset shift: When you’re 80 and look back on your life, whose opinion is going to matter? Are the people who like you because of the cool stuff you own really the people you want in your life?
3. People pleasing. Do you keep stuff you don’t like or want, only out of concern for other people’s feelings?
✨Mindset shift: No one else gets to live your life. No one else will feel your regrets, the days spent tolerating things you don’t like. Life is too short! You’re not responsible for other people’s emotions. That’s their decision. So decide to be the CEO of your own life.
4. Feeling powerless and unheard. Both excessive shopping and hoarding can be a means of trying to control others and our environment and get the attention we need.
✨Mindset shift: We do NEED to feel a sense of agency, purpose, and being heard and seen – but we must find a healthy way of expressing ourselves, not controlling others. In the end, the only person we can control is ourselves.
5. Discontentment. Do you find yourself always striving for the NEXT thing that will solve all your problems? If you’re single, you wish you were married, when you’re married, you wish you had kids. Once you have kids, you can’t wait until they grow up and leave home. Are you always looking for a new house, better storage, more money, or more time to solve your clutter problems?
✨Mindset shift: Practice gratitude. This is your life! Don’t waste it wishing for tomorrow to come. Someday, today will be the “good old days.” Gratitude is a practice – it takes time for it to reshape your thinking from “lack” to “contentment.”
The current session of From Clutter to Clarity is beginning it’s final week! I’m so proud of my students and blown away with their incredible results. The fall session will start September 10th, so sign up to get on the waiting list and be the first to know when the pre-sale starts!
What other mindset shifts have helped you learn to let go?
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