Declutter | Organize | Elevate
Do you feel overwhelmed by how much you’ve accumulated?
Do you feel obligated to keep things because they were gifts or belonged to someone else?
Does the thought of letting things go make you anxious?
Organizing isn’t about finding the perfect containers, bins, or clever gadgets.
While we’re often led to believe that buying the “right” tools will solve our organizing challenges, adding more things can create even more clutter. Getting organized isn’t about buying more to organize your stuff. It starts with discerning what enriches your life from what clutters it.
Organizing goes beyond tidying up. It means understanding the patterns and behaviors that contribute to clutter so you can create more organized surroundings and lasting change.
Organizing is about making intentional choices about what deserves space in your life
Being organized saves time and money, reduces distractions, and brings greater peace and clarity. By deciding what deserves a place in your life, you create surroundings that support how you want to live.
Decluttering also frees up the time, energy, and attention it takes to manage and maintain excess. With less competing for those resources, you can focus more fully on the people, priorities, and experiences that matter most.
Middlemalism is a term I came up with to bridge the gap between minimalism and having far too much ‘stuff.’
For years I struggled with over-shopping, overspending, and other behaviors that perpetuated the clutter and chaos in my life. I was compelled to constantly fill my time, space, and life with ‘things’ in attempts to fill inner voids. These behaviors did not provide any lasting reprieve from my pain. In these perpetual attempts to avoid my feelings, I was always left with higher levels of anxiety, deeper depression, more disappointment and chronic debt.
At one time, I was influenced by others’ claims about the joy of minimalism (which I do not dispute). I thought minimalism would end my suffering. In attempting minimalism, I let go of some things that were irreplaceable or more meaningful to me than I realized at the time and was left with a fair amount of regret. Minimalism was not for me, at least not at that point. Middlemalism came to me as I reevaluated how to live a happy, more joy-filled life with less.
