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Hi, it's Sam. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Friday morning. I don't know about you,

but I find that over the course of the week clutter tends to build up in my house. But

this week I've been noticing that my house is messier than usual. And this happens sometimes

when everyone gets busy and we just start putting off doing dishes or taking out the trash.

We actually start to ignore the mess in a way, paying attention to other priorities and

just not seeing what's been piling up until we trip over something and nearly break a toe.

This reminds me of a time I stayed in a Zen monastery for a week. In the monastery life is

greatly simplified. Your bedroom has only basic furniture and your routine runs like clockwork.

Meditate, eat, work, meditate, eat, and sleep. And in the Zen tradition, cleanliness and order

are very important. Zen looks at all activities from eating to cleaning as a meditation. Before

meditation we would take a few moments to arrange our meditation cushion just so, making sure it was

centered on the mat and this habit made me more aware of all the elements and details of my physical

surroundings. When I got home from the monastery I saw my room at home in a whole new way.

All of the clutter that I had been ignoring suddenly came into sharp focus. And I remember going

to my bedside table and just tidying it up and starting to bring order to the space.

I remember first reading Marie Kondo's book, The Life Changing Magic of tidying up. She talks

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