ATTN Resellers: A Cluttered Space is A Cluttered Mind.

Hello, my favorite internet reselling friends! Have you become overwhelmed with the amount of pure “stuff” lying around? Have you begun tripping over random objects and are getting stressed about the lack of organization in your space? One more thing…do you love the space you’re in? Because in reality, you’re most likely spending more time in that space in question than in your bed. Bummer, I know. That’s why today’s post is all about how having a cluttered space leads to a cluttered mind.

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Old Adages and Clutter

A long time ago, when I was a little girl, my grandmother would always tell me this phrase over and over again. I’ve mentioned it before in a post past, but it’s always worth touching on again as it rings true more now than ever before.

I miss this woman very much. She was right about a lot of things, as well as this short phrase that plays on repeat in my head every time I get a little displaced in my space.

It’s so easy to become engulfed in what we do that we forget the importance of keeping those things we do organized and lovely to be around.

“When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”

Once you start peeling back the layers of your space and find that not everything is necessary, you start to realize that less is most definitely more.

Realize You Have All You Need in Your Space

When you’re overhauling your space, like I did recently, it lets you see the massive difference just a little bit of organization makes. (Okay, and maybe just a few cute new plants).

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It helps you to push through the annoying times of the day and get to the end with more ease. You don’t need all the things to make your business a success, you just need to make all those things work for you.

When you work hard and are nice to people, it pays off in the end…at least that’s what my newest addition to motivational signs tells me. *shrugs*

For all the years I’ve been reselling and blogging about it, I never realized until now that I need to create a special place to do that in.

Of course, you don’t need to do this. It is by no means a necessity. I’m simply saying that by creating that special place, you will be able to work with much more flow than ever before.

What is Flow, Anyway?

Flow State: Flow is a state of mind in which a person becomes fully immersed in an activity. 

Being in flow can be achieved by first finding a skill that requires both some level of skill and challenge. It can be easily obtained when you reduce outside distractions and cut multitasking down to a minimum.

Sure, we’ve probably all referred to ourselves as multitaskers at one time or another, but this isn’t always the best way to work on projects, even according to research!

Our brains simply cannot focus fully on more than one thing at a time, and to get to your maximum level of success, you’re going to have to let the multitasking part go.

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“It may be a hard break-up, but you got you boo.”

How Does Flow and Clutter and Reselling Relate?

Quite simply, really. The more clutter you have lying around, the less of a flow state you can achieve, leading to an eventual loss in your reselling capabilities and potentially gained revenue.

Contend with the clutter (yes, that means putting away those returns regularly, and cleaning up after a long day’s work of taking photos).

Don’t leave stuff just lying around to be looked at all through the week. Finish the job fully and you’ll be able to breathe a little easier when you get back to it the next time knowing that everything is already where it needs to be.

I read a book recently, and this is something that stuck with me. Finish the job, every time. When you finish what you’re doing, you get that feeling of accomplishment, of a small win.

Humans thrive off of these small wins, and there’s no reason we shouldn’t be trying to implement more of them into our days. You’ll have less dust blowing around, and fewer tasks to tackle. What’s so bad about that?

So instead of leaving just a handful of items for your next photo sesh, or getting to returns and putting away the last bit of inventory next time, just take those extra few minutes and finish it today.

“This will allow that your flow state to come freely and you can then thank yourself for creating a win that can continuously be won.”

Thank You!

A giant thanks to everyone that has supported me this far into my journey! I greatly appreciate you returning to read my posts and hope that you will continue to drop by in the future.

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-Shelby

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