The monthly cleaning: Let´s finish strong!

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw

The month is over, that means, it is time to clean up any mess produced in January.

I always take advantage of this situation to review my doings, the right things to continue doing, the not so good to discard. At the same time, I reorganize material things and drop some. As a minimalist, this comes automatically. The best way to avoid clutter is not to have it, and in order not to have it, I reorganize and discard things on a monthly base.

I proceed as followed.

1.  wake up, clean and dress up
2.  meditate just a few minutes
3.  look around and without second-guessing myself take out everything that looks not necessary

That's it. Three steps that keep my place clean. After that, I proceed with the normal cleaning of the apartment.

I prefer to do this in the morning. If you are not a morning person or not have the time, do it when it suits your schedule better but still proceed with numbers two and three; this is all about ritual. I will make a post about routines to go deeper into that topic, but for the sake of this one, try it this way.

The second the part is the digital clutter. What a relief to click on delete, delete, delete.

When the the outer world is in order, I feel ready to take a look inside. It is time to let go and let God, as Wayne Dyer used to say. 

I check on my plans: what did work, what didn't accordingly with the answers, I decide what is worth it to continue doing, and what I need to leave behind. Sometimes in the middle, I need to take a break and dance five rhythms for a few minutes. Letting things go is never smooth, but flowing, the first wave in five rhythms dance,  always makes it possible for me.

It is clean inside? It looks excellent outside? Yes, and yes? Well, it is time to celebrate and welcome a new month full of possibilities to become the best version of ourselves. Let's go for it!

PS: Are you feeling a little lost? Not knowing where to begin? Let me introduce to you the woman who can fix that with a Monalisa smile Marie Kondo Her mission ist to create order in this world. Take a look. She is really amazing.

Cheers

Gloria