{"id":206,"date":"2013-11-27T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.243.23.127:8081\/2013\/11\/27\/eating-the-elephant-how-to-de-clutter-your-space-and-your-mind\/"},"modified":"2013-11-27T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:15:00","slug":"eating-the-elephant-how-to-de-clutter-your-space-and-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"Eating the Elephant &#8211; How to De-Clutter Your Space and Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-eonsNfc2raE\/UnkCbl28uHI\/AAAAAAAAA9Q\/raprUGl3oEs\/s1600\/When+Eating+an+Elephant.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-eonsNfc2raE\/UnkCbl28uHI\/AAAAAAAAA9Q\/raprUGl3oEs\/s320\/When+Eating+an+Elephant.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The thought of de-cluttering leaves many people totally paralyzed and totally overwhelmed.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I have many clients, surrounded by clutter, physical clutter and emotional clutter, initially incapable of attacking the piles, stacks, worries and problems. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">One of the first steps I take, when working with a client, is to break things down into smaller sizes. &nbsp;I take a stack of papers and divide them into categories. &nbsp;In the closet we look at only the white shirts or black pants and make decisions about just those. &nbsp;In the box with all the memories, we look at 10 pieces of memorabilia. &nbsp;When looking at life, worries and problems, we look at next steps. &nbsp;Breaking the large, gargantuan piles and clutter into small manageable piles, makes it much easier to get through the task. The process seems achievable when you look at a shelf, instead of a room, a cabinet, as opposed to a whole kitchen, a drawer as opposed to a whole chest of drawers, a next step instead of a huge problem, or a 30 day plan instead of the rest of your life. &nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">What things are overwhelming you that you can break into smaller, more bite sized pieces? &nbsp;It literally is impossible to eat an elephant any other way than one bite at a time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thought of de-cluttering leaves many people totally paralyzed and totally overwhelmed.&nbsp;I have many clients, surrounded by clutter, physical clutter and emotional clutter, initially incapable of attacking the piles, stacks, worries and problems. &nbsp; One of the first steps I take, when working with a client, is to break things down into smaller 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