![]() ![]() Complete each task in order, without needlessly diverting your attention to the other bits on the list. But, you must start somewhere! So, as best you can prioritize your tasks, make a checklist, then start at the top of your list. This is easier said than done, especially if you feel yourself to be overwhelmed with tasks or responsibilities. Stop Trying to Do or Think About Everything at Once: Past is past, so learn from it and move on.ĥ. Guilt, associated with things about which you did not have ill intent, is a useless and destructive emotion. Did we learn from it? If they were honest errors, then move on. But, it’s the way we continue to handle all of these past concerns that determines whether or not we are dealing with the past in a healthful way. Did you offend someone? Did you miss an opportunity? Did you make a mistake in a project? The answer for all of us at some time or another is “yes!” It’s called being human. Continuing to hyper over past mistakes in the wrong way is not only useless, it’s destructive. In fact, thoughts of the past may be one of the worst clutter-offenders. ![]() Many times mind clutter has something to do with past actions or relationships. Do you have an important goal to achieve? Write down the pivotal components as you go along. Is your objective to resolve issues or relationships about which you are worried? Write down your thoughts. This is a natural follow-on to the previous point, but it has more “depth.” Once you’ve refined a thought to the point that you want to retain it for future use, enter it into your formalized notes in an organized manner so you can continue to add to the thought as you build your final product or objective. Do you really need to remember phone numbers, dates, appointments, or even names? Maybe yes, but maybe the answer could be “no.” Computers have only so much storage and processing space, so maybe the same can be said of your brain. In short, use whatever record keeping method (hand-written notes, computer notepad, other online tools, etc.) that are comfortable for you to store those data bits that may come in handy in the future, but are not essential for your present purposes. Why are you trying to keep everything in your head? Do you have a great memory? If so, good on you, but you’re still trying to sort it all out in your mind, which can pollute, or at least dilute, your information processing capabilities. Thus, take a look around and clean up your environment of anything that is not essential to the important stuff. “Physical clutter leads to mental clutter.” If you are presented with a constant flourish of excessive, and needless, visual and aural references and inputs, your brain must set aside time and space to deal with these distractions, as well as the things upon which you have deemed to be priorities. ![]() Here are her ten ways to “declutter your mind” so you can conquer the frequently experienced sense of being “overwhelmed”, accomplish more, and with greater focus. ![]() Fortunately, she states, there are ways we can do a bit of house-cleaning in our heads that will help to put us on the right track, which can lead to a proper prioritization of pondering, and then completing the truly important stuff in our lives. Fabrega goes on the note that there are many kinds of mind-clutter, such as concerns about the future, your reputation, mulling over past mistakes, unimportant tasks that you seem to believe essential, etc. As Marelisa Fabrega ( ) explains, “a cluttered mind is restless and unfocused…(trying) to move in many different directions at once, (with the result being) that very little gets done.” To be brief and to the point, I will pose the following, simple question: How many of us do not have a mind full of near useless thoughts and concerns that distract us from the truly important things upon which we should focus? There may some exceptions, but probably not too many. I don’t think anyone is going to be surprised regarding the reason this modest article is being submitted for your kind consideration. ![]()
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