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Chapter 9 - Clean up your life



Chapter 9 - Clean up your life

The moment you are faced with an aspect of your life that isn't working, part of you closes down. You lose aliveness, peace of mind, and effectiveness. If you want your life to be as great as it can be, you need to handle the items in your life that aren't working. In other words, you need to clean up your life.

The first step in cleaning up your life is to discover the specific items that need to be handled. What are the items in your life that sabotage your happiness? What aspects of your life do you get upset about?

Get a notebook and list every item in your life that you are at the effect of. List the big items and the small items. List everything in your life that bothers you. Even if an item seems impossible to handle or it's something that you are not ready to deal with, write it down. Make sure every item of your life that doesn't work is listed. Be as specific as possible.



Use the following categories to make your list:

  • Physical environment

  • Relationships

  • Guilt & wrongdoings

  • Job & career

  • Finances

  • Legal

  • Health & Fitness

  • Miscellaneous

Physical Environment

Notice how you feel when you are in a car that is dirty and full of trash. Now notice how you feel when you are in a car that has just been washed and vacuumed. Notice how much better you feel. When your physical environment is sloppy and cluttered, your state of mind will be clouded and scattered. A clean and orderly environment supports a clear state of mind.

Do everything you can to keep your physical environment clean and orderly. This includes your home, your car and your place of work.

What needs to be cleaned up in your environment? What aspects of your environment are you at the effect of? Do you have a closet that you hate to go into? Do you have a door that is always stuck? Is your car dented? Do you have a faucet that constantly drips? List every item in your physical environment that needs to be handled or that bothers you.

As you clean up your physical environment, you will notice an immediate difference. You will feel more alive and have more energy. You will feel better about yourself and your life.


Relationships

Whenever you have a relationship that isn't working, there is a part of you that closes down inside. You become more defensive, your walls of protection get thicker, and you become less effective in your other relationships. To create a life of love, get to the place where every one of your relationships is loving and supportive. To start, make a list of every person that you have negative feelings toward.

Who do you avoid or resent? Who can't you get along with? Who do you get upset about the moment you hear his or her name? List every relationship you have that doesn't work. After you complete your list, start the process of healing each relationship. Read Chapters 10 and 11 to learn how.


Guilt and Wrongdoings

Past misdeeds are like heavy weights that slow you down. They inhibit your aliveness, your self-respect, and your self-expression. What have you done in the past that still weighs on you today? What do you feel guilty about? What are you hiding? What don't you want people to know about you?

List every bad thing you have ever done from the time you were born until now. Be careful not to lie to yourself. If you have a thought about something you have done, write it down. After you complete your list, throw it away. By acknowledging what you have done and putting it on paper, you will heal much of your past.

Now make a new list of guilt and wrongdoings. This second list will be much shorter and will show you the items you need to work on.

Do whatever is necessary to free yourself from the past. If you have guilt for something, forgive yourself. If you have done something bad to someone, go back to the person and clean up what you have done. Offer to make amends and ask the person to forgive you. If the person is impossible to find or is no longer alive, write the person an unaddressed letter or talk to the person in your imagination.

If there is something you have done that you don't want anyone to know about, tell someone. Tell several people. The weight of your past deeds doesn't come from what you did. The suffering comes from hiding, avoiding, and withholding what you did.

This doesn't mean call a press conference to expose your past, just be willing for everyone to know what happened. Keep in mind that everyone else has a similar list and theirs is probably much worse than yours. Once you are willing for anyone to know anything about you, you will have nothing to hide and you will experience a profound freedom. Being free of your past will be an enormous relief.


Job and Career

We spend most of our lives in some kind of job. You may be busy earning a living or taking care of a family. Your job, whatever it is, has an enormous impact on the quality of your life. Does your job nurture you and fill you with aliveness and energy, or is your job an emotional drain? Do you love your career or do you just endure it?

If you don't love what you do, you should consider doing something else. Life is too short to suffer. If you have the desire, you can find a job that empowers you. If your job or career doesn't support you, put this on your list of items that you are at the effect of.

List anything about your job or career that bothers you. Do you have projects that are past due? Is your paperwork a mess? Are there certain conversations you need to have but have been avoiding? List anything concerning your job or your career that you are at the effect of.


Finances

If you are frequently upset about your finances, you have a condition of suffering that needs to be handled.

Financial upsets seem to be due to a lack of income, but this is rarely the case. Most financial upsets are due to over-spending. When your expenses are more than your income, you can expect to be upset. The key to prosperity is to spend less than you earn. If you are spending more than you earn, you may need to take some drastic action.

You may need to change your lifestyle and reduce your expenses. You may need to move or sell some property. You may need to find another source of income? What action do you need to take?

If you have past due obligations, contact the people you owe and give them a plan for how and when the debt will be paid. Making new financial arrangements can be a big relief. Make sure you keep any promises you make. List everything you need to handle in the area of finance.


Legal

Do you have a divorce or a lawsuit that weighs you down? Do you need a will? Do you have any unpaid traffic violations? Does your driver's license have your correct address? Do you owe back taxes? Is your insurance in order? List everything of a legal nature that you need to handle.


Health and Fitness

What bothers you about your body or your health? Are you upset about your physical fitness or your appearance? Do you have physical ailments? Do you need a physical examination? Do your teeth need work? Do you need a new prescription for eyeglasses? List everything about your body and your health that concerns you.


Miscellaneous

List anything else that bothers you but doesn't fit under another category.




Do you have an area of life that isn't working?

Are you having a difficult time? Do you have a painful relationship? Do you feel stuck or depressed? Does the past keep repeating itself? Would you like to have these areas clear up? You can!

The best way to do this is to schedule a session with Bill Ferguson. You can also get the Mastery Course.


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