POETRY | LIFESTYLE

The Tipping Point of Clutter

Literally or figuratively, what clutter?

Selma
1 min readJan 27, 2023

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a neat shelf displaying an assortment of objects, well organized. But do you need all of that? Decipher what’s important and what isn’t.
Photo by Jessica Kessler on Unsplash

declutter all clutter:
jumbled thinking
rumpled spaces
discord, disorder
figuratively,
literally
for what’s trivial
and what’s important
are what you extract
of your surroundings

if something unscrambles
knots within you
fixes your mood,
tidies perspective
if it sends your heart aflutter
curls up your lips,
delights your senses
amplifies and
gladdens moments
that is not clutter

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Decipher the tipping point:

What’s
trivial and
what’s important is
whatever value you
ascribe objects to be.
Declutter your life by being
selective about the things you
surround yourself with:
how the trivial becomes “the important”
and vice versa is determined by the
amount of attention or…

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Selma

‘Ordinary’ INFJ. Slow-Reader. Learner/Enthusiast. Nature-lover. Lives reverently in healing frequency. Believer: Miracles & Kindness. Writes for YOU 💗 No bling