Cultivate Wellness
Mental Health Chat Spring Cleaning: Steps to Declutter the Mind By Kendalle Wexler, MS, LMFT-Associate Supervised by Dr. Katrina Cook, PhD, LMFT-S Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the number of thoughts you have in a day? These thoughts may be about house tasks, school assignments, work projects, financial planning, and so on. When thoughts clutter our minds, we may experience difficulty in making decisions, completing typically simple tasks, or even managing a conversation with others. The good news is that you are absolutely not alone. Here are five quick easy strategies you can use to declutter your mind and tidy up your mental space. 38 |
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1. Write It Down Sometimes when we have thoughts floating abstractly through our mind it can be particularly distracting and difficult to remain present. Having a journal to quickly jot down thoughts as they come up throughout the day can help to organize them in a concrete and visual manner. Seeing your thoughts written down allows you to more easily create a paced-out plan to address them and ease their intensity on your psyche.
2. Organize Your Space Your environment impacts your internal processing. If your physical space feels chaotic to you, that is likely to be mirrored in your mental space. Your home does not have to be pristine with labels and categorical systems in order for you to achieve mental clarity. If that is helpful for you, lean into it. Otherwise, I simply advocate
