Rx: When Things are in a Mess

Sometimes, after a difficult or demanding period in our lives, we find that our surroundings have deteriorated to a state of chaos and decay. The Law of Entropy has been at work and everything around us has descended to its lowest common denominator. The place is a mess. Here is a list of tasks to help you begin to establish order once again.

• Set aside a day to clean up.
• The day before, shop for good food (protein, greens, fruit, a healthy treat) and safe cleaning supplies. Include a bunch of fresh flowers.
• Get a good night’s sleep.
• Eat a good breakfast and if you take supplements, take them.
• Put on some music.
• Make the bed and hang up your clothes.
• Start the laundry.
• Do the dishes.
• Clean the bathroom.
• Take out the trash.
• Run the vacuum.
• Take a break in here to eat again. Keep it light and green.
• Gather out of place items into a container for later distribution to the places where they belong.
• Wipe the surfaces and straighten the furniture as you go along.
• Put the vase of flowers where you want to see it.
• Gather papers from all over the house and stack them on your desk in a neat pile.
• Pull out the Bills and important To Do’s into two separate piles.
• Put the rest in a basket to go through later.
• Update your To Do List. Mark the most important and urgent with a #1.
• Schedule some blocks of time on your calendar to do these.
• Finish the laundry, fold everything and put it away.
• Walk around your house, enjoy the newly established order and beauty, and congratulate yourself.
• Eat a good dinner.
• Do something pleasurable and fun.
• Before retiring, give thanks for all the blessings in your life.
• Go to bed at a reasonable hour and get some more sleep.

Excerpted from An Invitation to An Extraordinary Life
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