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Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui
by Authors:
Karen Kingston
Paperback
Drawing on the success of her first book, Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui, Karen Kingston has met popular demand by expanding on the indispensable activity of clearing clutter. There is very little of actual Feng Shui here, and certainly nothing you can't get elsewhere, but the clutter problem gets full and complete treatment. Kingston reminds us that clutter is stuck energy that keeps you stuck in undesirable life patterns. Therefore, you can "sort out your life by sorting out your junk." Kingston covers the reasons we keep things as well as the amazing stories of people who have cleared their clutter away. More than just junk, clutter is all those things that have negative symbology and that collect stagnant energy. This latter can also apply to bodily, emotional, and spiritual clutter, all of which Kingston describes with characteristic passion. In an age of accumulation, it's good to see a book that frees up life again.
Average Customer Rating:
Very Motivating!
This is the best book ever about clutter! It gets you excited and motivated. You can't wait to clear out your life of clutter! I have shared it with several friends and family. Kingston is the best!
The only book you'll need about space clearing
I'm not one into "new age psychobabble" but Karen Kingston's advice in this book did alot for me ... and the dividends continue paying off to this day.
I read this book at a down time in my life and, indeed, I never realized why I was holding onto old letters, graduation caps and gowns from schools that held nothing but bad memories for me, and magazines from nearly 10 years prior.
I admit that I'm not as bad as other people but I cluttered up the little space that I had and I felt it. Once I started questioning why I was keeping stuff, I had the strength to let it go and not feel bad about it. I haven't looked back since.
After re-reading this book, it strengthened my resolve to keep clutter out of my life as best I can. Her reasoning is based on common sense, really, not "real" Feng Shui: If your friends do nothing but drag you down, time to move on. If those letters from an old flame hold nothing but bad memories, what's the point in torturing yourself by keeping them? If you haven't worn that outfit yet, what makes you think you'll wear it sometime this year (even though you've been promising yourself you're going to lose weight to get back into those jeans for years)?
Karen also gives advice on how to reduce the chance of re-introducing clutter into your life by questioning the purpose of every single piece of paper you have. Through reading her book, I have become conscientious of clearing out every so often and I find myself, indeed, questioning every paper that I intend to keep (and many papers hit the recycle bin because of that!). Same thing for clothes: If they don't fit, bundle them up and give them to people who can use them.
Her book also enabled me to let go of many books, tapes, CDs, and DVDs that I have owned for nearly 10 years (along with making it easier to donate clothes that have outlived their usefulness). I have about 25% of what I used to have and made a few hundred dollars from selling the aforementioned stuff.
Kingston makes ton of sense. Frankly, this is the only book you'll ever need on space clearing. Her advice is practical and has forever changed my life.
And, because of her space clearing habit, Karen is able to split her time between two continents during the year. I very much doubt other people can say the same.
It's NOT Feng Shui, and NOT a De-Cluttering Guide: Just New Age Psychobabble
I can't recommend this book, which purports to tell us all the psychobabblical reasons why we currently "need" to hold on to the clutter in our houses. Of course the clutter will clear easily once we free ourselves of this inner need and clear our murky auras! The supposed Feng Shui aspects of the book owe far more to new age Faux Feng Shui ideas than to real, traditional Feng Shui. Here is an example of the sort of baloney I mean:
"Take time to attune to the space. Mentally announce yourself and radiate your intention." Wow, that's so groovy, man! But it's NOT Feng Shui.
But there is even more nonsense. Does a de-cluttering book really need a chapter on colonic cleansing? Please.
So the book is decidedly the silliest of the de-cluttering guides I have consulted. Still, I give it 2 stars because it does make a few good points: yep, it IS a good idea to keep the things we love and use, and to get rid of things that are useless or that drag us down. Now if I had bought this book, according to these criteria the book would be one of the first things I'd discard -- but fortunately I got it from the library. It's gone back there now; must run check my mirror to see if my aura looks better yet! :-)
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