Another five minute room rescue

Day Sixteen:
Still working in the Helpful People & Travel area of our homes

Life is not about doing it all by yourself, every day, every time. By allowing others to help us, we give them the opportunity to stretch and grow by helping us. Being in the flow of life means we give, and we allow others the chance to give to us. Be gracious in accepting help

A Helping Hand by Susan Gardos

Declutter activity for today:
The Five-Minute Room Rescue

In whichever area is still the most cluttered, set your timer for 5 minutes. Move as fast as you can and remove all items that do not belong in this area – take the dirty dishes to the kitchen sink, put the dirty clothes in the laundry pile, pick up all the books, magazines, and piles of papers and mail and put them in a basket or at least contain them all in one area in the house. After 5 minutes, stop. You’re done decluttering for today. Let’s move on to the fun stuff!

The point is to do this as quickly as possible so we are not spending more time than necessary decluttering and we can get to the fun stuff in our day.

From Sink Reflectionsby Marla Cilley

Color and containers for Helpful Friends and Travel

Feng Shui activity for today:
Add a color & three containers to your Helpful Friends and Travel area

Silver, gray and metal work here, so aluminum foil is fine.
You can set up three silver containers for three different tasks of attracting helpful people:

• One small silver box with a lid (real silver, silver-plated, or even a paper box painted silver)
• One silver envelope large enough to hold documents (can even be made of aluminum foil)
• One larger container, like a paper grocery bag or box (spray-paint it silver if you like)

The small silver box is used for events that need help now (3 days to 3 weeks). Those little jewelry boxes with red velvet inside work great, as the red is an activating color. This box can hold up to three requests at any one time. On paper, write the names of people or projects you need help with, i.e. “The insurance adjuster is helpful to me” or “I attract only the perfect health care practitioners for me.”

The silver envelope is used for things that last months (scripts, contracts, invitations). Remove the item when you’ve been adequately helped.

The large container is for things that stay around for a LONG time (your doctor, your business clients, your family). You can place the name of everyone you meet in this container if you wish.

From Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
by Karen Rauch Carter

Another 27 Fling Boogie

Declutter activity for today:
Today, we are doing the “27-Fling Boogie!”

• Grab a trash bag and run through the house as fast as you can and dispose of 27 items.
• Put the bag in the trash.
• Do not look through it.
• Don’t re-clutter your home – De-Clutter!

I know there are still things in your house that you are nostalgically holding onto that don’t truly serve your highest self! You know what those things are! Take a quick gut check – can you get rid of one of those things today and still feel all right with the world? If so, just DO IT!

Art by Brandon Streiff

The point is to do this as quickly as possible so we are not spending more time than necessary decluttering and we can get to the fun stuff in our day.

From: Sink Reflections
by Marla Cilley

Helpful People and Travel - an overview

Moving :

Finding balance in the Helpful People & Travel area of your home
can help make the following improvements in your life:

• You will find yourself being treated more fairly and honestly.
• You’ll find yourself at the right place at the right time more consistently.
• The right people will become more available and willing to help you or teach you.
• Things will run more smoothly.
• Traveling will become less stressful and chaotic, and more fun.
• Your intuition or divine guidance will become more easily accessible.
• You will get more done because you won’t be doing it all yourself.
• Feelings like “If I don’t do it, it won’t get done” or “It’s always up to me” will disappear.