Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement 3805: Decluttering Time by Julie Morgenstern on Simple Living
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Nov 12, 2025 Explore the concept of time clutter and how it silently drains your energy. Discover the burdens of unfinished projects and outdated commitments that hold you back. Learn how letting go of these attachments can open up space for more fulfilling experiences. Julie emphasizes the importance of forgiving yourself for past choices and encourages focusing on the gains from decluttering your schedule. Shift your mindset from loss to growth, just like reorganizing a cluttered closet!
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Schedule Is A Container
- Your schedule is a container that fills up like a closet and reaches capacity.
- Time clutter accumulates invisibly and can block space for meaningful activities.
Scan And Remove Time Drains
- Scan your calendar and to-do lists to find unfinished projects, burdensome roles, and low-value meetings.
- Remove items that de-energize you or that others could reasonably handle instead.
Clutter Represents Past Attachments
- Time clutter often symbolizes attachments to past identities, intentions, or comforts.
- These commitments may have once mattered but now weigh you down and resist change.