{"id":205,"date":"2016-01-25T18:57:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.rossstreetagency.com\/rsadivi\/?p=205"},"modified":"2016-04-03T18:57:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T18:57:42","slug":"to-purge-or-not-to-purge-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"To purge or not to purge…that is the question"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"6894375.jpg\"<\/a>January<\/p>\n

The first month of a new year often tends to make people stop and deal with some of the clutter in their life, whether it be actual paper, unwanted items or emotional clutter.<\/p>\n

The act of purging means to “rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition, typically giving a sense of cathartic release.”<\/p>\n

Recently, I helped someone\u00a0organize their house of clutter and paperwork.\u00a0 As I was working my way through each room, they asked me how I could do this so quickly and know what to do with it.\u00a0 My response was easy- I have no emotional attachment to the items or papers. I simply see it from an organizational point of view. Paper’s need to be filed, clothes need to be either washed, or given away as they are too small and unwanted items need to be donated. In my mind, everything has it’s place.<\/p>\n

As simple as it may seem, it’s much more complicated.\u00a0 Often people who have difficulty keeping their environment un-cluttered suffer more from their mind being cluttered.\u00a0 They are usually overwhelmed by emotions dealing with something else and aren’t able to tackle the tasks, and over time it becomes too overwhelming.\u00a0 The thought of dealing with paperwork and getting rid of things simply just stresses some people out.\u00a0 They don’t have the time or energy or where-with-all to deal with it, so they just ignore it.\u00a0 Other’s \u00a0just have no ability to keep track of their belongings.\u00a0 These are the people that lose things every day, have bills in the bathroom and leave a trail of things everywhere they go. Everybody knows at least one person like this!<\/p>\n

My client told me that she thought I had a gift for this.\u00a0 I’m not sure about that, but I definitely have a knack for organizing and filing and tackling mounds of paper.<\/p>\n

Another client recently hired me to purge and organize their adult daughter’s old bedroom. Again, another story of too much stuff and not knowing where to begin.\u00a0 Perhaps it was a case of nostalgia, or a case of emotionally not ready to move on from childhood. Regardless, sometimes it is easier to have someone else organize your space and give you a proverbially “clean slate” to start with.<\/p>\n

This month, I myself have been very busy cleaning out paperwork I held onto from previous jobs, previous endeavours such as my Master’s degree, and previous chapter’s of my life.\u00a0 Sometimes a little time is all you need.\u00a0 Something that you thought was important in the moment, a few months or years from now may not seem so.\u00a0 Priorities change, emotions dissipate, and time heals.<\/p>\n

There are a few rare human beings that do not keep anything, and live a very simplistic life with few belongings,\u00a0 limited paperwork, and lots of closet space.\u00a0 Maybe these people have a better grip on emotional attachments, maybe they attach to people instead of things. Should we envy these people – maybe.\u00a0 Bad for business for me though!<\/p>\n

If you find the idea overwhelming, start small.\u00a0 Get a box and when you walk through each room in your place put something in the box. If after a few weeks, you don’t notice it gone, leave it in the box.\u00a0 Once the box is full, get rid of the box.<\/p>\n

Regardless, taking the time to purge at least once a year is good for the soul. And, the simple act of purging really does give you a cathartic release. \u00a0\u00a0If you get the“urge to purge“ and you just don’t know where to start….call me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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