A New Perspective!

When I was a teenager, I remember rearranging my bedroom furniture.  I worked all day long until I found the right arrangement I was happy with.  I got this great idea from my father, every once in while we would come home from school and the living room furniture would be in different places.  What can I say, we liked change! It gave each of the rooms a different perspective.  They were fun to be in, because they were now just a little bit different than before.

The other day, I was working with a client and we were talking about what to do with all of the decorations and little mementos around his office.  The idea was to rotate them from season to season. This is not a new concept, in fact I have talked about this before.  But I think it is always good to remind us of the simple changes we can make in our homes, and the big rewards that are paid off in doing so.

When we don’t make these slight changes, our surroundings can become numb to us.  We become so used to seeing something, that you actually stop seeing it. It can lose it’s value to us because we are not fully paying attention, we may even stop caring about the item without even knowing it.  I have heard Oprah say this before on her show, you are actually living unconsciously.  You are not aware of what’s around you, it becomes blended in the walls.

Think about the last time you ran into something you haven’t seen in a long time and it brought back good memories.  Did it put it a smile on your face, did you walk down memory lane or maybe tell someone what you just found.  Maybe it prompted you call an old friend or a family member.

When we live unconsciously, we are not fully appreciating our surroundings or the choices we have made about our homes.

Pay  particular attention to those areas in your home where you live in the most.  What simple rotation or changes could you make to add just a little new perspective? It could be simply changing your photos on the wall, or taking a few of your collected items into storage and only displaying a handful, or add fresh cut flowers as a centerpiece.  Whatever it looks like in your home, I challenge you to start making those changes and to start living consciously.

Be aware, enjoy, and love what you have!

Happy Organizing!