How are you this lovely February day? With
the book coming out, working out all the details to the Financial Spring Cleaning course and
a little appearance in Texas it’s been a busy start to the month. Frankly, it’s been really really LOUD and CLUTTERED in my brain. Which is still a little
mushy on newborn still. Which all went in to inspiring this months Subtraction Project.
This month we’re talking Three Tactics to Subtract Brain Clutter
Get it all out of your brain. When you have a lot spinning around the best way to subtract the clutter is to do a brain dump. Grab a piece of paper or open up a notepad app on your phone or computer and just get it all out.
A lot of times when I do this I realize that I don’t actually have that much on my mind – it’s just running through it on a loop that is very taxing. Go through the items, figure out where they actually belong: on your to-do list, in the garbage, talked through with a trusted friend, or set aside to marinate a bit more.
Once you have your dump in front of you I bet you’ll have a great big exhale. Which takes us to our next tactic.
Clarity comes after 108 inhales and exhales. With two kids (one of which is a newborn) a business, a passion project (you’re reading it), an amazing husband, a home, two dogs, two cats I don’t have a lot of time where I just breathe. And I’ve read that meditation can do wonders for clarity and joyful living so it’s 100% the time to try to establish a meditation habit.
My meditation practice is not perfect – it contains a lot of me remembering things that I meant to get from the grocery store yesterday but it has me learning SO much about stillness and picking it up when I can and just allowing myself to take the next inhale and exhale. It also has me falling asleep…which is okay too!
3. Move. Too much brain clutter blocks us up. Have you ever gotten up to get something in another room only to get to that room and have NO idea what you wanted? Yup, we’ve all been there. What if we used that to our advantage? Next time your brain is in a fog of cluttered mess, move, walk around the house, the block, your office, put on a song to dance, anything that takes you from a state of holding your head in your hands in a state of overwhelm.
Tell me, what do you do to clear the garbage in your brain?
So much love,
Cass
Bonus subtraction: Do you have a Negative Nancy holding court in your head. The next time you’re met with a series of “you can’t do this, you will never do that” I want you to say this: I’ll figure it out…go on, watch me.
