Signey
Wed, Jul-09-03, 20:21
Hi Everybody,
I’ve been reading a very interesting book called “Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui” by Karen Kingston. She has noticed in the years that she has been helping people get their lives organized that over weight people tend to have lots of clutter in their homes. She believes that they go hand in hand because they are both forms of self-protection. That by putting layers of fat and layers of clutter around ourselves we hope to create a buffer to protect us from the shocks of life. Particularly emotions that we are having difficulty handling.
She has also found that when over weight people start letting go of their clutter that many are also able to let go of their fat. She says that this is because many of us have deeply buried fears that make it difficult for us to let go of our clutter. By confronting these fears and getting rid of our junk we also open the door for weight loss. That as we start to take care of our environment that we also start taking care of ourselves. She quotes a woman that she knows as saying “ After you have cleared the junk out of your home, it doesn’t feel fight to keep putting junk food in your body.”
I found this to be very interesting because I am such a packrat. I’m one of those people that’s afraid to throw anything away for fear that I’m going to need it soon. I hang onto mismatched socks for years because I’m sure I’m going to find the lost sock the next time I clean. I save bags of old clothes “because I’m going to make a quilt”. Yogurt and margarine containers because “you never know”. Way too much fabric and I have at least 28 fleeces that there is no way on God’s Green Acre I’m going to be able to spin in a life time. It just goes on and on. And because the house that we live in is so small and crowded with all of this stuff, there’s no way to put any of it away. So it becomes sliding piles of papers and magazines and mail and books and dishtowels and newspaper ect.
So now I’m losing weight and I have found that my mind just will not tolerate the clutter anymore. I’ve been actively searching out books to help me find new methods of dealing with it all. And ultimately I am finding that I’m letting go of it. Everyday I go through my home and I’m cleaning out cupboards and packing up stuff for a yard sale. I’m throwing away clothes and old pillows. I’ve found that I’m just as committed to shedding the pounds of debris that I have surrounded myself with as I am committed to shedding this weight.
Now I am curious. Are any of you experiencing this? I know in my heart that there are those of us who have that gene or training or whatever, that would never allow their homes to become like mine has. But I am also just as sure that there are those of us here who are struggling with this the same as I am. What are your experiences with this issue?
Are you finding your attitude towards your environment changing as your weight changes?
Mine has.
Signey :)
I’ve been reading a very interesting book called “Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui” by Karen Kingston. She has noticed in the years that she has been helping people get their lives organized that over weight people tend to have lots of clutter in their homes. She believes that they go hand in hand because they are both forms of self-protection. That by putting layers of fat and layers of clutter around ourselves we hope to create a buffer to protect us from the shocks of life. Particularly emotions that we are having difficulty handling.
She has also found that when over weight people start letting go of their clutter that many are also able to let go of their fat. She says that this is because many of us have deeply buried fears that make it difficult for us to let go of our clutter. By confronting these fears and getting rid of our junk we also open the door for weight loss. That as we start to take care of our environment that we also start taking care of ourselves. She quotes a woman that she knows as saying “ After you have cleared the junk out of your home, it doesn’t feel fight to keep putting junk food in your body.”
I found this to be very interesting because I am such a packrat. I’m one of those people that’s afraid to throw anything away for fear that I’m going to need it soon. I hang onto mismatched socks for years because I’m sure I’m going to find the lost sock the next time I clean. I save bags of old clothes “because I’m going to make a quilt”. Yogurt and margarine containers because “you never know”. Way too much fabric and I have at least 28 fleeces that there is no way on God’s Green Acre I’m going to be able to spin in a life time. It just goes on and on. And because the house that we live in is so small and crowded with all of this stuff, there’s no way to put any of it away. So it becomes sliding piles of papers and magazines and mail and books and dishtowels and newspaper ect.
So now I’m losing weight and I have found that my mind just will not tolerate the clutter anymore. I’ve been actively searching out books to help me find new methods of dealing with it all. And ultimately I am finding that I’m letting go of it. Everyday I go through my home and I’m cleaning out cupboards and packing up stuff for a yard sale. I’m throwing away clothes and old pillows. I’ve found that I’m just as committed to shedding the pounds of debris that I have surrounded myself with as I am committed to shedding this weight.
Now I am curious. Are any of you experiencing this? I know in my heart that there are those of us who have that gene or training or whatever, that would never allow their homes to become like mine has. But I am also just as sure that there are those of us here who are struggling with this the same as I am. What are your experiences with this issue?
Are you finding your attitude towards your environment changing as your weight changes?
Mine has.
Signey :)