We're going to talk about the meaning behind your mess.

We're going to talk about roadblocks to decluttering and some really emotional reasons why people

keep things or why people struggle to let go and maybe you can discover your reason behind

your mess. Hey clutterbugs welcome back to the clutterbug podcast. So when I help clients

declutter it always gets really emotional and to help people overcome a lot of the emotional

struggle that comes with decluttering letting go I wrote a guided journal called the declutter

challenge and this is the second podcast of where we're really working through parts of that book

and I want to challenge you in while listening to this podcast to look deep inside yourself and

discover your hidden why behind your clutter. Decluttering is so hard but it isn't physically hard

it's emotionally hard and the easiest way to make it easier is to discover your personal roadblock.

So I'm going to talk about the five different most common challenges when it comes to decluttering

and hopefully you can relate hopefully you can really identify what your challenges

and I'm going to talk about some common ways to overcome those challenges. Before we jump in let's

talk about the pain that comes with letting go I think the pain that comes from decluttering the

emotional pain is really a positive when we feel shame guilt remorse all of those uncomfortable

feelings that come with letting go it's actually a blessing because it's a lesson the pain that

comes from letting go makes us more aware of what we buy and of what we bring into our house

it really helps us maintain a home that has a reasonable amount of stuff it makes us think twice

before we say yes to things coming into our home which means we're never going to get to a place

again in the future where we're feeling burdened and overwhelmed by the amount of things that we

have in our home so yeah it's uncomfortable to let go but I want it to be a little bit uncomfortable

because that's how we grow and that's how we really learn to be more mindful about the things

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