For example, are you afraid to be alone? Fear is an aspect of mental clutter that shows up in each of these areas. You may even need to examine your reasons for staying in an unhappy relationship. If things are far from ideal, you've got to learn how to communicate. When things are not ideal, making the relationship work has to be a priority. Relationships - In an ideal relationship, the partners share common interests and communicate readily, finding time to give each other their undivided attention.

For specifics, he identifies potential mental clutter in the following interrelated areas of life: In other words, an accumulation of unneeded possessions can be a reflection of muddled thinking.) Walsh says the solution is to take personal responsibility for dealing with mental clutter, and to persist in that because (like physical clutter) it must be dealt with continuously. Without thinking things through, I imagined their stuff would contribute to establishing a home more like the one I'd grown up in. (As a personal example, when my parents died I wanted to keep their furniture, even though I already had a house full of furniture, because I wanted to hang onto familiar tokens of their intangible legacy. I'm inclined to agree with his assertion that we cling to both physical and mental clutter in a confused attempt to alter our circumstances. However, having started on this, I forged ahead to see what I could learn. Any of the numerous published titles devoted to that problem might be more appropriate for me. Well, I for one still have the disorganized home, because I'm often distracted (and exhausted) by work and other responsibilities. But the next step-the one dealt with here-is to overcome 'mental clutter' that's in the form of needless complications that prevent people from being effective at what they want to do. In his introduction Peter Walsh says, 'I don't believe you can make progress in any area of your life if your home is a mess.' Before doing anything else, you need to inhabit a space of peace and calm. However (like some of the other readers commenting here), I didn't examine the cover carefully when choosing it this book is intended for those who've already achieved that much. Helping people overcome that challenge is a big part of what the author does in his day-job. I picked up the audio version of this title hoping for guidance in dealing with the daunting amount of physical clutter in my home. Although I usually read fiction, now and then a book like Enough Already! provides a change of pace.

Enough already by peter walsh