If you’ve ever cleaned out a junk drawer or a stuffed closet in your home and felt an incredible surge of satisfaction, you’ve experienced some of the magical (yet totally practical) benefits of clearing clutter.

In feng shui philosophy, free-flowing energy creates health, wealth, love, and overall abundance. Clutter is thought to stop that energy flow and create stagnation, exhaustion, and exasperation*. To put it another way . . . clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions!

Number 9 of my 55 in 55 list was to recycle, or donate, 55 items that I have been holding on to. Although there are 55 items in this photo, not all of the items are mine and not all of them are things that I have been holding on to but it is a start. There were nine books in that bunch of stuff, which helps with Number 54 of my list . . . donate 55 books.

*MindBodyGreen.com