Outer Organisation equals Inner Calm

I love getting rid of stuff! I am finishing off my renovation and I am so happy to finally get organised, find places for everything and clean out. OMG! It feels so good. I don’t think of myself as having excessive amounts of stuff, but even so I wind up with a lot I really don’t need. I almost wrote the quote “I’m creating some inner calm by creating some outer order”. So true! I heard that while listening to Gretchen Rubin. She talks about how spring is a great time to clear clutter, just as nature is renewing itself. Well I’m enjoying renewing my surroundings. I like doing this in my kitchen too. There’s something nice about having an empty fridge because then I can clean it and go shopping. Here’s a great podcast on decluttering by Gretchen Rubin. She also has a book coming out on decluttering in 2019 called Outer Order Inner Calm. I will be getting that one for sure! And if you need a bit of help to figure out where to start with your organisation project then here’s another good article by Gretchen Rubin on the magic of tidying to read