If your breathing space is cluttered with all sorts of mess, you feel psychologically crowded- it gets hard to think and relax. Bring about some peace by simplifying the way you live and you instantly increase your mental focus while decreasing stress.

Yogis like to teach that to attract prosperity, we myst first create room to allow the new abundance. It’s this principle that drives the success of runaway bestseller The Secret. Realize now that by grasping at redundant and useless baggage that surround us, we spiritually tie ourselves to old limiting beliefs and past limitations. My mom long hammered this fact into me; it’s done wonders for my personal growth.

 To work! Peek into your garage. Is it full of old tools and parts you no longer need? What about your wardrobe. Are there clothes that have gotten mothballed? Take an inventory of the sentimental attachments you have to these mere physical objects. Each time you look at clothes that no longer fit or love letters that remind of heart wrenching moments, you start reaching for the ice cream and get fat.

Release the hold of the past. Trash them. Then you can move forward.