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The new year and the snowfall has prompted
people to clean, but with an added twist. They are excited
about it. They welcomed the snow as an excuse to stay
home, throw out the old and bring in the new. Perhaps
there is no better time than the present to pick up
Karen Kingston’s Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui
(Broadway, $10.95) so that you may make room for
your future.
According
to Kingston, “For your life to work well, it is vital
to have a good flow of life force energy in your home
and workplace.”
In theory, clutter is stuck energy, and you can
“sort out your life by sorting out your junk.”
“Space clearing” will open up your energy flow.
Your external world is a reflection of your internal
world. So if your car looks like you can live in it,
it’s time to throw out the candy wrappers, organize
the CD’s, and take your golf clubs, tennis racket, beach
chair, and luggage out of the trunk. Don’t go crazy.
Leave the jumper cables.
Kingston
defines clutter as anything “you do not use, need or
love;” “anything untidy or disorganized;” “too many
things in a small space;” and “anything unfinished.”
Clutter can make you procrastinate, cause disharmony
or hold you back.
Kingston dedicates many pages to clutter’s negativity.
When you clear your clutter, you “let go.” According
to Kingston, “Life is a constant change so when something
comes into your life, enjoy it, use it well, and when
it is time, let it go. It is that simple.”
In short, you can’t welcome the new without parting
with the old.
She
explains the ancient art of Feng Shui and illustrates
the Bagua Grid. There are nine areas of life that correspond
to your environment. So if you are looking for a new
relationship this Valentine’s Day, you might want to
clear the clutter in your relationship corner. Or if
you are in need of more money, it’s time to clean up
your wealth and abundance area.
Kingston also discusses the importance of clearing
out your physical, emotional, and mental clutter. The
process has a goal – “to allow your original purpose
to resurface and shine through.”
Perhaps
the best part of this space clearing movement is that
it seems to be contagious. Kingston enthusiastically
claims that your family members will start cleaning
once you do. So if your teenager has a messy room, begin
with your junk drawer, move on to the garage, clean
out the refrigerator, and wait. Your teenager may feel
compelled to clean. Stranger things have happened.
If
cleaning wasn’t one of your New Year’s Resolutions,
spring is right around the corner. And you know what
that brings. Kingston reminds us that “there is a place
for everything and to keep everything in its place.”
Her book will motivate you.
Now, I have a desk drawer I need to sort through.
How about you?
Debra
Scala is the Director of Marketing at the East Meadow
law firm of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP,
and she teaches “How to Market and Promote Your Business”
at Hofstra University’s School of Continuing Education.
Her e-mail address is dscala@cbah.com.
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