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Clutter Busting: Letting Go Of What's Holding You Back (2009)

by Brooks Palmer(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1577316592 (ISBN13: 9781577316596)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

New World Library

review 1: I have a weird little addiction to these kinds of books. They all say the same thing but it's oddly comforting. This one deserves special mention because the author apparently thinks literally every problem can be solved by clearing clutter (save your marriage! get a raise! escape from your life as a fetish prostitute!) and also because he at one point describes someone as being in a crock pot of emotion.Also, every time he talked about 'busting' I imagined he was making a reference to Ghostbusters.
review 2: This is THE best book on the subject I have ever come across. Everything Brooks Palmer says is true. Here are some of the truths: Clutter can be very neat. It can be arranged nicely on your shelves or in your closet. Clutter is anything that no longer per... moretains to your life. 75% of what we own is clutter. I did some of the exercises in this book and was AMAZED at what I discovered to be clutter. Here's just one example of this book working for me: In one exercise you look around the room and let your eyes fall on whatever is no longer "alive" in your life. My eyes immediately halted on a jewelry box I've had for over 10 years. I never even thought of getting rid of it b/c I got it in France, and it was gift from a very lovely lady. But when I really forced myself to consider it, I realized that I never really liked it that much. So I took it down off the shelf. Then I went through it. Over half of the stuff in that box was stuff someone gave me that they didn't want anymore, or something I wore at one point in my life but was never going to wear again. So the box and all that unwanted jewelry went. And the feeling of lightness came, as Brooks promised it would. It's amazing how the hold that the stuff has on you is broken as soon as you release it. It's gone, I don't miss it, I don't want it back. The exercises in this book really work. They help you finally see what is clutter, b/c chances are it's invisible to you. I couldn't believe how it was invisible to me. But this book really unearthed it. Getting rid of "dead" stuff is so freeing. Brooks Palmer helped to give me the power to see the dead stuff as dead and release it. I got rid of an entire box of photographs that were completely dead. They didn't make me happy and they reminded me of a sad time in my life. So what if I had paid a fortune for my hair to be professionally styled in this picture, and so what if it looked amazing. SO what??? I finally realized: I don't HAVE to keep this! I have a completely different life now! I've held on to them for over a decade!!! When they went I felt like I lost 50 lbs. On the flip side, I was able to sort, organize and manage the photos that I do love and put them in a totally accessible space. This book has been great for me. The best thing was when my aunt came over and mentioned how the house looked so open and clear. I didn't think anyone else would even notice. Now when it gets messy, it's just a casual mess that can get swept up and put away in a half hour. What a difference. But I'm not done yet. This is just the beginning, but I'm off to a really great start. Thank you, Brooks. less

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