Week 3- Where’s Your Head At?
Using the title from one of my favorite songs to work out to by Basement Jaxx, this week’s progress was more about clearing mental clutter rather than physical clutter. I unsubscribed myself from almost 200 email subscription lists using enroll.me. OK, I still have some work to do in that arena. But, wasn’t I just saying in my last post about minimalism that it will always be a work in progress!
I went to catalogchoice.com and stopped over ten catalogs from being mailed to me.
I removed all the apps I don’t use on my iPhone. I unfollowed the kitchey Instagramers that tempt me with their cute girl clothes etc.I even cleaned up my laptop and desktop home screens!
I love this post from simplyfiercely.com about how it is important to free your mind from things that aren’t things that help you find balance and peace. I wanted to make up excuses to not work on my article pitches this week because of self doubt that they wouldn’t be accepted. I didn’t want to apply to the Washington Post OnParenting talent pool because the gremlins inside my brain. But, I worked through it because having that attitude isn’t going to get me anywhere. It isn’t going to get me towards my end goals.
I started slowly saying no to things to give myself more mental me time. I notice Emma does better when we have more unscheduled time too. Just asking her what she wants to do that day versus laying out a full schedule everyday has been refreshing.
The biggest thing I started doing is an evening “mental dumping.” Before I go to bed, I look at my bullet journal to remind myself of how far I’ve come already a few weeks into the new year and to refocus on . I created a gratitude page I add to nightly and a mental garbage page where I put things down that take my mental energy away in a negative way!
I think clearing the mental clutter is going to be the longest work in progress. And, I think it is something I will need to revisit time and time again.
As Peter Walsh said, “Clutter is not just the stuff on the floor. It’s anything that stands between you and the life you want to be living.”
Adventure On,
Courtney
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