Comments on: Reinvent Yourself in 21 Days http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:44:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Online Gratitude Journal August 2009 Edition #32 | Yes to Me http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-76594 Online Gratitude Journal August 2009 Edition #32 | Yes to Me Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:46:53 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-76594 [...] / donating / selling so many books, clothes, what not. I want to simplify my life. I did a major purging only a year ago, but I’m going further this [...] [...] / donating / selling so many books, clothes, what not. I want to simplify my life. I did a major purging only a year ago, but I’m going further this [...]

]]> By: Akemi - Yes to Me http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-72362 Akemi - Yes to Me Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:38 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-72362 Leisa, You sense the clearing effect on yourself very well! Great job. Our energy body expands far bigger than our physical body, so it makes so much sense to clean up the environment. Leisa,
You sense the clearing effect on yourself very well! Great job.
Our energy body expands far bigger than our physical body, so it makes so much sense to clean up the environment.

]]> By: Leisa Watkins http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-72357 Leisa Watkins Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:18:40 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-72357 That sounds like a facinating book. I find cleaning to be so therapeutic. If I'm feeling overwhelmed because my mind is cluttered I find that organizing my outside world does wonders. It's amazing how much a filing break does for my mind set. I find that cleaning floors helps me solidify my foundation, that cleaning windows helps me have a better view about life, and that purging helps me get rid of thoughts that no longer serve me. That sounds like a facinating book. I find cleaning to be so therapeutic. If I’m feeling overwhelmed because my mind is cluttered I find that organizing my outside world does wonders. It’s amazing how much a filing break does for my mind set.

I find that cleaning floors helps me solidify my foundation, that cleaning windows helps me have a better view about life, and that purging helps me get rid of thoughts that no longer serve me.

]]> By: Creating The New World, Part 2 Light | Yes to Me http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-72337 Creating The New World, Part 2 Light | Yes to Me Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:13:20 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-72337 [...] clutter from your personal space.  It’s hard for light to enter in cluttered space.  Here is a 21 day plan to clean up and organize your [...] [...] clutter from your personal space.  It’s hard for light to enter in cluttered space.  Here is a 21 day plan to clean up and organize your [...]

]]> By: Letting Go To Reinvent Yourself | Yes to Me http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-71492 Letting Go To Reinvent Yourself | Yes to Me Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:55:13 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-71492 [...] unnecessary stuffs in our living space in order to usher in the new opportunities, which leads to reinventing yourself. “Before creating your new YOU, you need to let go of your old YOU. Physically taking care of [...] [...] unnecessary stuffs in our living space in order to usher in the new opportunities, which leads to reinventing yourself. “Before creating your new YOU, you need to let go of your old YOU. Physically taking care of [...]

]]> By: Ruth http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-70566 Ruth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:11:33 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-70566 There's definitely something to be said for the mental freedom that comes with clearing clutter. Until I read Your Spacious Self by <a href="http://www.spaceclear.com/about.html" rel="nofollow">Stephanie Bennett Vogt</a>, I never really mad the connection between clutter clearing and personal development. It was just chore to be done, but this book has shown me that you really can't have success at the one without doing the other. There’s definitely something to be said for the mental freedom that comes with clearing clutter. Until I read Your Spacious Self by Stephanie Bennett Vogt, I never really mad the connection between clutter clearing and personal development. It was just chore to be done, but this book has shown me that you really can’t have success at the one without doing the other.

]]> By: Nadine http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-70510 Nadine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:10:50 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-70510 Woops, I didn't mean to speak in absolutes in my response, please replace the word "shouldn't" with "need not". Personally, I vacuum between 5 to 15 minutes at a time. Woops, I didn’t mean to speak in absolutes in my response, please replace the word “shouldn’t” with “need not”. Personally, I vacuum between 5 to 15 minutes at a time.

]]> By: Akemi - Yes to Me http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-70506 Akemi - Yes to Me Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:30:49 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-70506 Hi,Francis and Nadine, Well, I don't want to dictate exactly how you should vacuum, I trust each person to be smart enough to figure that out. But even in hot weather, I don't think it's a good idea to never clean up your place. And you can take a shower afterward. Hi,Francis and Nadine,
Well, I don’t want to dictate exactly how you should vacuum, I trust each person to be smart enough to figure that out. But even in hot weather, I don’t think it’s a good idea to never clean up your place. And you can take a shower afterward.

]]> By: Nadine http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-70500 Nadine Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:07:09 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-70500 Francis, I'd highly recommend giving flylady.net a try. She considers doing your housework in a 2 hour session to be a form of perfectionism which holds you back. Instead of vacuuming in one session, you can do just the middles of the room once a week and detailed vacuuming in the current zone once a week. So you shouldn't be using the vacuum cleaner more than 10 minutes at a time and can avoid getting sweaty that way. I don't do my vacuuming precisely like this since I've adapted to suit myself, but that is the general idea. - Nadine Francis,
I’d highly recommend giving flylady.net a try. She considers doing your housework in a 2 hour session to be a form of perfectionism which holds you back. Instead of vacuuming in one session, you can do just the middles of the room once a week and detailed vacuuming in the current zone once a week. So you shouldn’t be using the vacuum cleaner more than 10 minutes at a time and can avoid getting sweaty that way. I don’t do my vacuuming precisely like this since I’ve adapted to suit myself, but that is the general idea.
– Nadine

]]> By: Francis Chin http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/comment-page-1/#comment-70472 Francis Chin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:16:47 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/reinvent-yourself-in-21-days/#comment-70472 Akemi, you overlook one more important point: cleaning and uncluttering have to be repeated, at least once a month, or even once a fortnight. Aand it can get very tiring. I live in hot, humid Singapore. After 15 minutes handling the vacuum cleaner, I am dripping with sweat, and my clothes are completely wet. The feeling of having cleaned the house is euphoric, but to achieve it, I need to spend almost an hour of depressing, sweaty housework. And I have to do it once every 2 weeks. (My wife does the washing and ironing.) Akemi, you overlook one more important point: cleaning and uncluttering have to be repeated, at least once a month, or even once a fortnight. Aand it can get very tiring.

I live in hot, humid Singapore. After 15 minutes handling the vacuum cleaner, I am dripping with sweat, and my clothes are completely wet. The feeling of having cleaned the house is euphoric, but to achieve it, I need to spend almost an hour of depressing, sweaty housework. And I have to do it once every 2 weeks. (My wife does the washing and ironing.)

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