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\"\"<\/a>Well, I hope playing rock music met the negative chi of your messy closet or basement head-on <\/em>! Today, we’re going to be more assertive with these disaster areas, but we’ll fall just short of disassembling them. This is gentle work, best done in the given sequence. Let’s take a deep breath and begin.<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Bring a tall standing lamp over to your troubled basement or closet. Take care that you keep your mess illuminated without setting your home on fire. <\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> If you have any bells in the house–musical bell toys, or bells like this<\/a>–shake them in the vicinity of your well lit mess. Or, grab a kitchen pan and wooden spoon and bang away for a good fifteen minutes. This will make the mess think, “Hmmm. Something’s definitely different.”<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> As you ring and bang, enjoying all the new light and noise you are shedding on your situation, visualize how you want this area to look. Aim high. Think Pottery Barn<\/a> or The Container Store.<\/a> <\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Grab a ladder and hang a windchime or large crystal above your awakening chaos. Here<\/a> are some nice ones. <\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> As you prepare to quit for the day, pray (in whatever way you feel comfortable) for the strength to clear out all the objects you don’t need. <\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> Avoid drowning yourself in ice cream or other<\/a> comforting carbohydrates. Come on, you can do this. <\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> Check out your local flea market for attractive storage containers and baskets to house the parts of the mess you’re keeping. Buy biodegradable garbage bags<\/a> for whatever you decide to toss and can’t give away or recycle. <\/p>\n

8.<\/strong> Peek in at the mess. Repeat prayers and visualizations.<\/p>\n

Monday: <\/strong> Arm-wrestling the clutter devil!<\/p>\n

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