I'm occupied by so many these days, it's making me feel guilty!

I know it's not a good thing but for work purposes, I stuck with my phone more than before. And my son is hating it. 

*I was telling myself, it's only a few days and it will be done. But no, it's been more than one month and now I feel suffocated.*

You know the situation very well I guess when you step on some new project but other responsibilities try to hold you down. And you continuously struggle to make a balance.

But as it is my personal life and my son is getting affected by it so yesterday, in the very fine morning 'I sat with myself'!


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From now on, there is no going back. But I certainly can try to manage everything better so I can give more quality time to my life, to the people around me. 

**What I did to declutter?**

* I'm decluttering my physical environment. As I was not getting enough time so my home because a little messy. I'm putting a few things away, organizing my son's room, creating some white spaces...

But most importantly I'm not rushing to get it done. I know what amount of stress it will bring then.

* Trying to get some 'me time. I compromised with my sleep, with self-care (combing my hair every other day not daily!), I was eating junk...This list is long. And among all this, I lost myself. 

Now I set at least 15 minutes for only myself during the early morning. 

* Limiting unnecessary work.

Ahh, my phone was in my hand all day long and I was checking notification every single time it beeps. I usually don't do that so didn't notice how adverse effects it was creating. 



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Now I'm trying to limit 'what to focus on; not necessarily everything I need to get done.  And how to be more productive. Also, I noticed that I need to minimize multitasking, it's counterproductive sometimes. 

*There was a time when I used to keep journals, write down my feelings and emotions. I miss doing that. Thinking to start that again.*

> What I found that living an organized and routine life certainly helps us to declutter better. Also, evaluating ourselves every once in a while gives us the chance to improve and cut off what is unnecessary. 

It's helping me, I hope it will help you too. 

*The photo is from my balcony garden, I was enjoying my morning coffee seeing my plants surrounded by the concrete jungle.*