Chinese New Year 2012

Happy Chinese New Year Everyone.

Monday, January 23rd is the first day of the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
A great day to eliminate any remaining clutter, especially clutter in your
writer's work space. Clutter can distract you. Clutter allows your brain
to lose focus. For a variety of reasons, and for everyone, but especially
for writers, it behooves you to always keep your focus strong. As a writer,
it will help you to become more productive, and your writing will flow more
efficiently and smoothly.

Last year I wrote an article, which was published,  about using Feng-Shui 
principles and techniques to help anyone to eliminate clutter. No need to
"believe" in Feng-Shui, it is not a belief system. Just use what you want and
leave the rest. As a graduate student of various cross cultural healing modalities,
while living in South-East Asia, I studied, learned and practiced many things,
Feng-Shui  among them.

When I returned to reside in the United States, I wrote a brief course curriculum,
then taught the basics of this time honored process to metaphysical students.
These men and women were eager to learn how to improve their environment,
and to learn various techniques for improvemnt and healing in other areas of their
 lives. While there is more than one school of Feng-Shui,  both of them give
extraordinary benefits and results when their techniques are applied correctly.

Without exception, all the students who used the principkes and the tips provided
in the course were successful. In all of their applications, they met their specified goals,
achieving the results they desired. Each one of them, even the skeptics, discovered that
Feng-Shui works!  It has been around since the second to fourth century BCE. Just as
opening a window allows fresh air to circulate, decluttering makes space for new energy
to circulate. Please enjoy the excerpts from  my article provided below, I hope you find
them as useful as others have. Please let me know how well it worked for you. Until next
time, know that you are full of unlimited energy to create, so plan to use it wisely.

Feng-Shui Decluttering

While Feng-Shui may appear to be complex, its application for decluttering is simple:
If you don't use it, eliminate it. That means donate, recycle, renovate or discard.
Once you resolve to purge your clutter, where do you begin?

• Remove all obstacles for the free circulation of  "chi" (life energy)  from each area of  your home or office work area.
• Clear clutter first. then clean before painting, renovating or using Feng-Shui "cures."
• Begin in the front hallway
• The next most important is the center of the home or office area, as this is related to health
• Use the basic shape of the Feng-Shui bagua to "divide" each room or area into 9 sections.
• Work on only one section at a time for 18-27 minutes.  Schedule 3 of these "chunks" of time for each day. Do not exceed these time limits. Work on only one area or room at a time. Continue sessions until that area is clutter free. "Chunking" makes decluttering more manageable and also avoids having any feelings of being overwhelmed by the task.
• Just as removing weeds enhances the splendor and benefits of a garden, decluttering restores beauty and order to your indoor environment.
• The old adage "a place for everything, and everything in it's place" holds true, as does "less is more."
• Try it and see!