We’re on day one of a thirty-day series on increasing habits to support your personal and professional success.

Now’s the time to take a brief look at your living space, your work area, your desk, or your kitchen and take out ten items that you no longer use. Put them into a paper bag and leave them by the front door: you are ready to take these unused, unloved, un-energized items *out* of your life, in preparation for something more vibrant and more exciting to you.

Take stock, and this means really taking a good look at the items in your environment.

Some questions from Gloria at GlorifiedOrganizing.com to help you identify items you wish to keep:

1) Do you love it? If so, keep it.
(make sure you ABSOLUTELY love it)

2) Do you use it frequently? If so, keep it.
(make sure that you’ve used this item in the last month… anything less and you can probably do without)

3) Is it beautiful? If so, keep it.
(make sure it’s truly beautiful to you)
When our surroundings are beautiful, we feel better about ourselves. When we have beautiful on the outside, we feel beautiful on the inside.

So take out 10 items right now!

Take those items out of your house and out of your life: those items are cluttering up your ability to focus and hone your life energy towards fulfilling your life purpose, so move away from the clutter and towards a more vibrant, exciting environment.

Monica S. Flores is an author, educator, and speaker.

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