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Look at your life
How much time did you spend last week deciding what to wear, looking for your keys or sorting through a huge pile of socks (without finding one matching pair)? And how much time did you spend utterly relaxed, not worrying about an unpaid bill, the endless stream of washing, or the missing TV remote control? Be honest!
This workshop will explain how to clear the clutter from your house and mind - studies show that 62 per cent of us want to simplify our lives. The problem is that most of us don't have a clue where to start. We think that creating more time, more money or less stress involves a major revamp of our jobs, budgets, or personalities - not necessarily true. Setting small goals and changing daily habits will relieve huge amounts of built-up tension.
Junked-up
We've grown up in a society where what we have is more important than what we do or who we are. The result is that the average person has twice as many possessions as their parents did. Our houses are crammed full of things and there is always something else we absolutely must have. But how much of this stuff is actually useful?
For the average person, 80 per cent of all possessions are only used 20 per cent of the time, if at all. Most of this excess junk could be chucked away and our lives would be none the poorer - precisely the opposite, in fact. The truth is, clutter wastes our time, increases stress, drains our finances, and it can even sap our energy and motivation in life - according to practitioners of Chinese medicine, too much junk around us stops the flow of energy (chi), leaving us feeling sluggish.
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