Badassery Magazine November 2017 Issue 18 | Page 47

W
hen I first put on the
audiobook of Marie
Kondo’s iconic manu-
al for cleaning up your shit and
becoming a minimalist, I was
all gung-ho. Until she told me to
throw out like every single freak-
ing thing I own.
I became a triggered mess.
Why does she assume I can just
afford to replace anything and
everything anytime I want to?
Why does she assume that my
job is OK with me wearing the
same four outfits week after
week after week?
I live in NEW JERSEY!!! LAND
OF THE 90 DEGREE MONDAY
AND THE BLIZZARD ON FRI-
DAY!! I NEED ALL KINDS OF
CLOTHES IN MY CLOSET!!
So I got rid of like a whole lot of
not much. I mean, don’t get me
wrong, I cleared out bags and
bags of old clothes that no longer
fit, or were no longer age appro-
priate, but seriously, my closet
will never hold all of my clothes
at once. It’s a tiny ass closet. And
I like clothes.
But, during my cleaning, some-
thing magical happened. This
was also about the time that I
learned about the Law of At-
traction, and the concept that
you need SPACE for new things
to come into your life. This idea
that the Universe doesn’t like a
vacuum.
The more shit I threw out, the
more awesomeness happened.
I threw out a pair of ratty old
snow boots.
I received an extra shift at my
part time job.
I donated a ginormous bag of
dresses.
I received an unexpected check
in the mail.
I returned three outfits with tags
on them.
I received my refund PLUS
found some coins on the ground.
At the same time, something
within me started to shift, and I
quit running and hiding from my
spirituality. So, in the spirit of
fully embracing my gifts, I went
for a Reiki session and had my
energy cleared.
WHOOOEEEE MAMA!
Not only did my energy get
cleared, but MAN OH MAN OH
MAN did things start to change!
Those extra shifts became job
offers and client appointments.
Those unexpected checks be-
came bigger.
Those coins became dollar bills.
And so on, and so on and so on.
When I fired those “free be-
ta-test” clients that kept taking
the freebies and never buying, I
suddenly had three paypal notifi-
cations on an old passive income
project.
When I dropped out of sales
funnels whose newsletters I had
been ignoring, not only did my
inbox clear up, but I found a
check that was about to expire.
When I donated a handful of
services to women in need, I
found cash in my closet. IN MY
CLOSET.
Clearing your energy and clear-
ing your space go hand in hand,
and they are honestly the FIRST
STEP to manifesting. You know
that keeping old receipts and
rubber bands and junk around
is the equivalent of hanging onto
resentment and old memories,
and that leaving your ex-boy-
friend from high school’s jacket
in the back of your closet is just
as bad as hanging onto limiting
beliefs that money doesn’t grow
on trees. SPOILER ALERT:
Money is energy and energy is
EVERYWHERE!!!
So, how does one CLEAR OUT
one’s space and energy in order
to receive?!?
I’m glad you asked!
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