Declutter

Decluttering is the process or activity of getting rid of what you don’t need from your home and/or your life. 

I love organized space and disarray has a way of unsettling me. I found that I am more relaxed and my creativity inspired when my space is clean and everything in its place. While this might not be everyone’s orientation, I think it’s something that holds true generally in our lives that we are more productive, think clearer and see more clearly with laser focus when our lives are less clogged with unnecessary baggages.

As we gear up for 2023, it’s imperative that we look critically at our lives and some activities or association that we’ve gotten involved in or entangled with (whatever the case may be) because the Bible advises that while all things are lawful, not all things are expedient. Therefore, we need to be able to discern between the lawful and expedients in our lives as well as between good and purposeful. Note that not all good activities are purposeful depending on the assignment of God for your life per time. I believe purposeful takes priority over good or convenient. 

And It’s that time to prioritize in line with God’s specific plan/visions for our lives and to be intentional about not going with every flow. Knowing what your priorities should be and aligning accordingly would enable you avoid burn outs, getting stressed or engaging in futile activities. Knowing when to say No is also one way of ensuring that your life remain decluttered. 

For instance, It’s not all Whatsapp group that you should belong to, neither is it every friendship that you should hold on to. You might want to rethink the usefulness of every group you presently belong to in line with your God-given visions for 2023 and start decluttering as we round off 2022. We must begin to sift and surround ourselves with only those things and people that should be in our lives for the next chapter that God is opening for us in 2023. This is so important as wrong association or unnecessary activities can be very costly and set us decades behind while the right company can also catapult us to levels beyond our imaginations. 

I’ll leave you with these words of Apostle Paul:

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:12-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

My questions then to you are:

• what must you forget, remove, stop doing, declutter? (these can be previous successes or past failures, animosity, bitterness, unhealthy habits/characters/mindsets etc that have kept you in a spot) 
• what is that one thing that you must focus on/press relentlessly into in 2023?. What’s that GOAL? 

2023 is a year to be laser focused and set one’s face like a flint. It’s a year to avoid all form of distractions and unnecessary expenditure of energy. 

Travel light and stronger my friend. 

I wish you a highly fruitful and impactful 2023!