What’s Keeping You From Getting Organized?
Fear
Fear is paralyzing. It can stop you from achieving your utmost desires and it hinders many people from reaching their ultimate goals. One of the biggest challenges people have who want to simplify their lives is the ability to overcome their fear of “letting go” of their things. Even professionals have the same fear including me.
But holding on to unnecessary things holds us back. We all have things we’ve collected over the years, like maybe your dad’s or your late husbands’ golf clubs, great aunt Sophie’s dishes, or your stuff from college. You’re holding on to it all but you never use it. You have to ask… why am I keeping all this?
Fear is a major emotion that people need to learn how to overcome if they want to live clutter free.
Whether I am coaching my clients or conducting training workshops, FEAR is the number one obstacle they voice and this blocks their ability to get organized. Clutter bugs are usually afraid of letting go because:
· It’s a way to stay close to someone you loved
· It’s a way to keep reliving a happy memory
· They think their kids will want their stuff someday.
· They think they may need it one day.
· It feels to daunting of a job.
Of course, this fear is only born from what the future may hold – the unknown. This mindset keeps them trapped in an endless loop of uncertainty. The organizer in them wants to take that leap of faith but their mind stirs up all kinds of doubts in them. Now they experience emotional clutter.
A little fear is not that bad. Actually, it can be a good thing when it comes to valuable items. But I always tell my clients that it is all about taking the first step, baby steps. Usually after the first step is taken, their ability to identify what’s important and what they want to keep or let go of becomes easier.
I then ask them to consider what they really feel passionate about and what they really want in their life and why. From here we talk about how we are going to create that, even when you think it’s not possible. And before they know it, all that fear becomes Manageable Fear.
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