The Soulful Decluttering Experience
So, what’s the Soulful Decluttering experience like? You’d have to ask someone who’s taken the course. Fortunately, Karen Caterson (aka Square-Peg Karen) talked to me about her experience in the course last summer. Here’s what she had to say: Karen, why did you decide to sign up for Soulful Decluttering? I saw the class mentioned in a KaleidoSoul newsletter and it sounded just right for me. I’d noticed that clutter held me back (in a number of areas), and I’d been working on decluttering and organizing for awhile, but no systems ever stuck. The class...
Read MoreDigging Out
Just over a year ago, I got new carpet. This was an idea that terrified me for several years before I finally bit the bullet. Why? Because I live in a two-bedroom condo, no attic or basement, and every time I thought about getting new carpet, I was overcome with an image of me drowning in all my stuff. The good news? It was a great excuse to get rid of a lot of stuff, and expunge I did. The bad news? I spent way too long on it and burned out really, really badly in the process. What does clutter burnout look like? For me, it’s about shutting down at the mere idea of dealing with more...
Read MoreChallenge Yourself
Well, this is it: the last day of the April Ultimate Blog Challenge. This is my 30th post in as many days. (Wow!) I can’t believe the month has gone by so quickly, and in many ways I also can’t believe I made it. I took on this challenge for the same reason a lot of us do things that are out of out comfort zones: just to see if I could. I was a bit overwhelmed by the mere idea at the beginning and I thought I must be crazy to sign up. I frequently have struggled to come up with something to talk about once a week, so to try to post something every day? For a month? Good lord. And...
Read MoreUnused Creativity
I finally watched the second part of Brené Brown’s Super Soul Sunday appearance this evening. I posted about her a few weeks ago and I can’t deny she’s one of my heroes. She made a comment pretty early on in the episode that really struck me. The quote reminds me of the Maya Angelou quote on my home page, which says, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Both quotes pretty well speak for themselves, so I’ll only say this: I’ve talked here before about how we’re all creative no matter what we’ve been...
Read MoreEncouragement
There’s a lot of power in encouragement, whether it takes the form of a compliment, a helping hand, or just a smile. If you don’t believe me, check out this video about one student’s efforts to counteract cyberbullying (and, I’d say, bullying of all kinds): Jeremiah Anthony is, as he says in the comments on this video, making the world “a better place one tweet at a time.” What could be simpler than that? We need to remember that bullying is, alas, not just for kids. It happens frequently among adults, especially in workplaces, but also in neighborhoods...
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