Unclutter your home, Unclutter your mind

People with MG know that conservation of energy is extremely important. Energy is used up by everything- not just what you would typically think of like walking or doing laundry. Energy is used by every stresser. Stress is both good and bad. So to me this means- every sight, every sound, every action, every thought. Everything has the ability to produce or cause stress. We MGers often hear from both doctors and family/friends, reduce your stress. Well, thank you for that amazing advice, but it's not as simple as a cake walk (which I love by the way). Sometimes I feel every one of these senses shooting at me all at once. It's not something I can just turn off or ignore.

However, here is one way I feel stress can be reduced. This is one thing we can do in which we can feel control over our environment and our stressers. Unclutter your home and in return you will unclutter your mind. The less sensory stimulation coming in, the less energy used and the more energy is conserved for doing what you need to do... that's how I feel about it, worth a try at least.

See, over the past almost year now, I've felt a stronger connection to Christ and in return a lesser connection to material things, so that ties into it too. If we seek first a relationship with Jesus, He will then provide for us all that we need or desire. All of these things not only clutter our minds and our homes but clutter our hearts, they shift our focus onto things- literally things- that don't and shouldn't matter instead of on our relationships- with ourselves, with others and with God. I'm not saying just go through your home and throw out everything (though sometimes I think that would be quite a nice cleanse). But do you really need everything you have? Do you even know everything you own? If you haven't used it in a year or don't even know you had it, you probably don't need it. Why not start a box- or several- of items you really don't need and bring it over to a donation center to people who really might need these things or would at least benefit from them more than we are. Donate, sell, give to a friend/family.

Piece by piece our living space will open up. It will be like a weight lifted off your shoulder. Then again don't quote me on that- I'm a ridiculously organized neat freak so that weight may be heavier on mine than yours. Anyways, what have you got to lose by trying? Those items that you didn't even know you had? Come on now. Yes the physical cleaning will be taxing on an MGer so take your time or ask for help... it's as simple as if you are in an area of your home and come across some items you don't need, toss them in that box.

As your home becomes uncluttered, your mind will become uncluttered. That sensory overload feeling will decrease- whether or not you consciously experience that feeling like I do. Your mind, and more importantly your heart will be able to focus on what really matters most. And at that point I think your heart will have a better understanding of what that "matters most" really is, not be pulled into a false reality of worldly things. The stressers will be lessened. Energy conservation will come more naturally.

Unclutter your home, Unclutter your mind.
Unclutter your heart.