Why Decluttering Is Really About Awareness
Lessons From My Meditation Intensive
I just returned from a 3-day meditation intensive, and while I expected it to feel restorative, I didn’t expect it to spark a whole new way of thinking about my work.
One of the most powerful lessons of the retreat was this: awareness changes everything.
When you slow down enough to really notice what’s happening — in your mind, in your emotions, and even in your body — you see how much of what weighs you down is just… habitual. Thoughts, feelings, attachments, clutter — they pile up quietly until you can barely hear yourself think.
And that’s when it hit me: this is exactly what happens in our homes and our lives too.
Your Clutter Is Talking To You
Everything in your space is “talking” to you — whether you notice it or not.
The overstuffed closet says: “You’ve got decisions you’ve been avoiding.”
The messy counter says: “You’re too busy to slow down.”
The garage full of boxes says: “Someday you’ll deal with this — but not today.”
We get so used to the noise that we forget we can turn it down.
That’s what awareness — and decluttering — are really about.
More Than Just Tidying Up
After three days of meditating on what really matters, it became clear to me that decluttering is not just about making a space look nice.
