The number one goal of feng shui is to declutter your living space in order to allow good energy or chi (movable life force) to flow freely into all areas of your home.
Before you get into the specifics of feng shui, such as working with various areas of your spaces to improve your career or love life, you need to remove all of the excess stuff that is collecting valuable real estate in your home (or car or office) and potentially clogging up your positive chi flow.
Below is a list of items you can throw away, donate, recycle, or fix in order to get back to the basics. You can either go through the list one day and item at a time or set aside an entire afternoon to tackle it all at once.
- Non-Stick, Scratched Cookware
- Scraps of Wrapping Paper and Bits of Ribbon
- Empty Boxes (use them to put your donation items into)
- Unusable Pens
- Magazines You've Already Read (turn them into a vision board or donate to your local library)
- Stained or Frayed Towels and Washcloths (either turn them into rags or throw them away)
- Hair Accessories You Don’t Use
- Sagging Bras and Underwear
- Cooking Utensils That You Have More Than One Of
- Any Obsolete Computer Items (old CDs, wires, plugs, etc.)
- Furniture or Appliance Manuals
- Old Cards (thank you cards, birthday cards, housewarming cards, congratulations cards, etc. - take a picture of them and save them that way instead)
- Any Clothing Items You Haven’t Worn in a Year
- Old File Folders
- Worn Out Shoes
- Broken Jewelry (either take it to a jeweler's or donate)
- Spare Furniture Parts You Won’t Use
- That Collection of Allen Wrenches that Came with Your Ikea Furniture
- Expired Mediations and Supplements
- Outdated or Stale Food
- Purses You Don't Use
- Old Pillows You Don’t Use
- Outdated Coupons
- Any Stockings or Tights that Have Runs
- Wedding Invitations and Save the Date Cards
- Old Children’s Artwork (either frame it or take a picture of it)
- Broken Holiday Decorations
- Old Calendars
- Kitchen Equipment That Is Broken or That You Don’t Use (when was the last time you actually used your juicer?!)
- Extra or Cracked Food Storage Containers
- Old Paperwork or Sticky Notes
- Any Makeup Over 6 Months Old
- Paper Bills You Don’t Need to Keep
- Old Cell Phones and Cell Phone Covers
- Any Paperwork that You Have Backed Up on Your Computer
- Old Prom or Bridesmaids Dresses
- Dried or Plastic Flowers
- Toys Your Pets Don’t Play With
- Toys Your Children Have Outgrown or Don’t Like
- Toiletries You Don’t Use
- All of Those Sephora-Type Samples You Will Never Use
- Dried Up Nail Polish
- Books You’ve Already Read and Don’t Need to Keep or Display
- Leftover Change
- Old or Broken Electronics
- Unused Stationary or Stickers
- Knickknacks You Don’t Love
- Receipts You Don’t Need for Tax Purposes
- Unmated, Cracked or Dingy Flatware and Utensils
- CDs
- DVDs You Don’t Watch
- Worn Out Bath Mats
- Clothes That Don’t Fit
- All of Those Extra Buttons
- Games That Are Missing Pieces
- Old Spices
- Extra Coffee Mugs
- Worn Out Bedding
- Ticket Stubs
- Sock with Holes
- Scarfs, Hats, and Mitts/Gloves You Never Wear
- Hair Elastics That Have Lost Their Stretch
- Old Travel Brochures
- All of the Business Cards from People You’ll Never Contact
- Old Shopping Bags
- All of those Vases You Never Use
- Cards and Gifts from Exes
- Old Crayons, Markers, and Art Supplies
- Refrigerator Magnets
- Anything You’re Hanging Onto that You Don’t Love or Use
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