The Intention of Living an Organized Life (and the power of purple)

A few years ago my mother sent me a gift in the mail, a book entitled "Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life." It was an easy how-to guide on feng shui, an easy read with pictures and real life applications.

As a believer in the power of energy, I decided to give it a try and reorganized my tiny apartment to properly flow the energy through the most important areas of my living space: prosperity, wisdom and love & relationships. I put all the purple I could find in my prosperity section (the bathroom), created a little library in my kitchen (wisdom) and bought a red sheet for my bed (love & relationships).

Now, I couldn't argue with you if you said all this was coincidence...but - I began to experience wealth that I had not realized before, getting the best tables at work out of pure luck, getting offers for payment on activities that I loved (such as creating CD mixes to play at my work). I also had clarity of thought in situations that previously would have plagued me for months, I was able to step back and get myself out of those situations. And, for better or worse, the relationship I was currently in developed into far more than I ever would have predicted.

The best lesson I learned from this episode is the power of intention. I currently do have all of the purple I own in the prosperity section of my apartment, but what I concentrate on in general is keeping my apartment picked up and orderly. "Move Your Stuff..." comments many times on how closely the organization of the living space relates to the organization of life. If the space you live in is cluttered, messy and dirty, it can be an excellent mirror to how you feel about your life as well. So, with intention, I pick up the little clutter around my house, make my bed every morning, fold the blankets on my couch, keep the dishes in the sink minimal, and keep the litter box as empty as possible. I do this with the intention of helping my life stay just as picked up and neat as my apartment, without distractions or dust or disappointment. If nothing else, at least I feel comfortable within my living space and have adapted habits that make it easy to come home and relax.

However, when I'm feeling the purse strings particularly tight I do still rearrange, tidy up and clean off the purple items in my prosperity section and to be honest, I usually do receive some sort of flux in cash soon afterwards. Call it coincidence, but I'll still take it!