When you enter your home, do you feel a warm welcome, and a sense of satisfaction? When you go to work, are you greeted by a desk covered with projects and things to do? If so, how does that feel? Is this an environment that welcomes and energizes you or is this an environment that drains and depletes you? Creating your ideal environment means looking honestly at what's working and what isn't working in your living and working environments.
Is your home or office disorganized and filled with clutter? When you're surrounded by clutter you are literally blocked, physically and mentally. It's impossible to be fully productive. Productive energy cannot find its way through piles of papers, remnants of unfinished projects, broken or unused furnishings, or randomly placed tools and equipment.
Go through your belongings. How much do you actually use? Are there items you've been holding onto that you don't use, don't like or don't really have a use for? These are the types of things that create clutter in our environments, clutter that not only takes up valuable space in our physical environment, but clutter that also takes up space in the quality of our life. When space is blocked, life takes on a certain sluggishness. We may have great ideas and plans but we lack the motivation necessary to accomplish them.
Creating an environment that supports your needs means taking the time to determine how you live and who you are. A simple and powerful way to begin is to answer the following questions:
What do you like most about your life right now?
What are your strengths?
What are your weaknesses?
What is your attitude about the circumstances of your life? Your home?
What is your mood when you are alone?
Are there areas that you need to work on to improve the quality of your life?
Is there a conflict between the way you actually spend your time and the way you'd like to spend your time?
If so, what are you willing to do to change this?
Are there aspects of your life, your responsiblities that someone else could do to free up time for you so you could do those things you desire?
Do your relationships have the depth of intimacy you desire?
Is the amount of creative expression you have in your life satisfying?
What do you want to do that you aren't doing?
When you think of home, what are three symbols that embrace the spirit of home? For me they are, comfort, personality, and welcome.
What room in your home do you like best? Why?
Where do you like to read?
Where do you like to sit?
What do you like to do when you're at home?
What objects hold the most meaning for you?
Which room or area of your home most captures your personality?
How would you describe your home?
Is it what you want it to be?
In answering the questions above (and any others that may come up for you during the exercise), be honest and truthful with yourself. When we take time to think deeply about ourselves and our spaces, we open the door to possibility. We create the energy that supports change by simply increasing our own awareness.
Review the furnishings, the colors, the lighting and all aspects of those rooms, those areas in your home that you like best. Recreate what you like in other areas of your home. Starting with your main living spaces, your bedroom, your living or family room and then work your way through the rest of your home. When you take the time to invest in your home, you are investing in yourself. Recognize your needs, understand that what you like matters, give yourself permission to create a home that embraces the spirit of your personality and you will have Created Your Ideal Environment!
Just do it!
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Feng Shui Teacher and Entrepreneur Laurie Bornstein, "The Feng Shui Marketing Queen" is the author and creator of 'Simple Feng Shui Series', her FREE monthly ezine filled with articles and tips on how to live and work in balance, visit http://www.fengshuimarketingqueen.com to learn more.
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