Chaotically Cluttered

 ~ Clutter (verb / noun) 

I. To crowd (something) untidily; fill with clutter

II. A collection of things lying about in an untidy mass. 

III. An untidy state 

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~ Chaos (noun) 

I. Complete disorder and confusion 

II.  A confused mass or jumble of things, or a state of utter confusion.

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Whether or not you have grown, failed, relished, thrived, survived, lived, and breathed inside and throughout a chaotically cluttered type of world it becomes difficult to pinpoint where the root of said chaos is and what that chaos actually is is. 

Is it the environment you’re surrounded by?

Is it the mindset you hold? 

Is it a choice, a feeling, an act, or a state of being?

Is it hoarding sentimental trinkets for decades, storing them inside of boxes and bags just to store them inside additional boxes and bags? 

Is it carefully sealed memory boxes holding a plethora of trinkets from a 2005 “Nacho Libre” movie stub to handwritten middle school notes that were passed from one angsty teenager to the next to a single charm from necklaces your friend group wore when your were twelve? 

Is it a drawer full of ratty, worn, and inevitably torn T-shirts from College Formals and PCB Spring Break trips dating back to 2009? 

Is it old Birthday and Holiday cards signed by loved ones who have passed or a receipt from the last memory you hold with ones who are no longer here? 

The truth? 

Chaos is iridescently different for each and every individual due to the sole fact that not one individual soul walks the same journey as another; nor will they ever. 

Chaos is all of the above, all that has been, and all that is to come. 

Clutter is to chaos… as chaos is to clutter.

“Clutter is chaos. It’s a suffocating presence that robs us of peace and joy.” 

“Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas, toxic relationships, and bad habits.” 

“Under the influence of clutter, we may underestimate how much time we’re giving to the less important stuff.” 

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With the feeling of Spring just upon the horizon, as the Azaleas begin to bloom, as the community becomes ensconced in lucious greens, and as the world revives itself I think that it is important to remember this: 

Despite how chaotically cluttered our lives seem, are, or have become, WE as a society - a whole that is made up of friends and family, successes and failures, serendipity and sadness, complacency and contentment - WE as HUMANS each have an infinite opportunistic ability to revive ourselves. 

Relish in your ability to grow, and then thrive in the ways your revive yourself, your soul, your mind, and your heart. 

Whatever that means to you? Do that. 

Xx,

M 🦋

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“Keep only those things that speak to the heart, and discard items that no longer spark joy.”

~ Marie Kondo

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