b. Remove the challenging people from your life. There may be people that take up a lot of space in your brain and your time. Is this person or relationship one that supports you in return or is it time to go your separate ways? How do you feel about them? Is it time to let them go? Be willing to let go of the people that take more time and effort than they’re worth to you.

c. Limit your exposure to the news and social media. The news and social media will drive you crazy if you spend too much time consuming them. It's important to stay aware of what's happening in the world, but you don't have to bombard yourself with negative information day and night.

Look for people, places, and things that lift you up rather than drag you down. The more you are surrounded by the things you love, the clearer your mind will be because it takes less effort.

What I would also like to share is that there is a difference between things being organized, tidy, and clean. In most cases doing any one of these three is a great way to shift the way our space feels and affects us. When we do all three we will have an even greater sense of clarity and are able to fully relax.

Have you ever noticed how nice it feels when your home has been freshly cleaned? Especially if it's a deep clean...

I invite you to pick a space to focus on clearing away the clutter and see how the power of decluttering your environment can help clear your mind. 

Creating habits and setting up routines helps eliminate the need for making decisions and streamlines your thought process.

Just like we have a morning routine or habits around the things we do each day to get ready. Or evening routines and habits before going to bed. If you have habits around eating, exercising, going through your day at work. These habits and routines all lead to less clutter in the mind. Create daily and weekly habits that take care of your basic needs.

Get enough sleep. Notice how cluttered your mind feels after a poor night of sleep. Experiment to determine the proper amount of sleep your mind and body need each night.

What things do you enjoy doing (or not doing) to rest your mind and your body? Share in the comments!

Unless you need more information to make an informed decision, see if you can make a decision more quickly.

I've seen this recently in my own organizing process. I even started making a list of postponed decisions to get them out of my head. I don't have to think about them in the moment, and won't forget because I wrote them down. Now I can look at my reminders list to see what I need to make a decision on or what I'm ready to make a decision on.

I feel so much more organized, focused, and efficient.  

Some examples could be:

- limiting your wardrobe makes it easier to figure out what to wear each day.

- pick out your outfit for the following day before you go to bed giving yourself fewer decisions to make in the morning.

- eating the same thing for healthy meals and energizing snacks can reduce decisions

- creating homes for things and keeping them in one place consistently will eliminate having to think about it and making additional decisions.

Today I would like to invite you to look for ways to minimize the number of decisions you have to make.

What sort of things come to mind for you? Share in the comments what resonates for you.

What I will share is my take on it.

(1) There are of course food choices. Consider things that are not processed. My favorite suggestion is if you're a chip person go for some Cape Code potato chips over Pringles! Start with small, simple, healthy replacements. This way you aren't cutting out what you love. You're choosing a healthier version of it...

(2) Exercise is another option. This is NOT about joining the gym and adding a rigorous routine to your life. This is about looking for ways to be more active. Even a simple walk, around the mall, around town, around the office, or just down the hall at home can go a long way toward clearing the mind. Be creative with movement and have fun with it.

(3) Mediation… something else we can reframe the meaning of and consider for clearing our mind. Sure, there are those who mediate in the traditional sense of the word, ohm mm posture, with legs folded in, palms up, fingers lightly touching together, or even various yoga positions.

However, meditation can also be, standing in a hot shower for 5-10 minutes, taking a bath, taking a walk, cleaning around the house or office. Basically, focusing on anything that requires little thought to complete. It’s more about quieting the mind rather than a deep revealing walk down an imaginary path.

What is important to know is that there is no one right way to practice health and wellness. We each need to decide for ourselves what it means to us to be healthy. What can we do to add a little more nutrition, movement, and mindfulness to our day and lives? These are all things that help to declutter the mind.​   

Limit yourself to one task at a time. You'll feel better and actually get more done. Try it for a day. Do one task at a time and focus all of your attention on that task. Notice how much better you feel while working and at the end of the day.

Some people have an internal approach to clearing away clutter.  If we clear the clutter from our mind, our space will naturally follow. (which can be very true!)

My approach is the opposite, if you clear your space, you will have a greater sense of what’s going on in your mind, so that it will naturally follow... clearing both the space and the mind.

However, since there is something to be said for either method, and many want to clear the clutter from their mind first, I created the Top 10 Tips for Decluttering the Mind offering insights I have seen working with my clients and experience for myself. 

What I shared isn't a checklist to be completed, it's thoughts and things to begin to incorporate into each day.

Then decide if it's something that serves you well or not so well. If the answer is, not so well, then each day see if you can do something to shift the clutter out of your mind.

I realize that while it sounds simple in nature some are not always that easy to do. (I’ve been there too, I get it! Many of these are things I've embodied over the years).

Knowing what we can do is the first step, the second step is the action we take...

This may also be where having an organizer or coach to guide you comes in handy. With each tip provided, I invite you to be curious about what resonates for you.  Want more expert guidance or support reach out and let me know. I'd love to jump on a call to see how I can support you!