I know that spring-cleaning is a tradition, but what about fall-cleaning.
Do you feel the urge? Are you liking the idea, or resisting it?
Fall-cleaning took over the last week of September for me, and then set me up for a major re-make of everything from book covers to websites.
At first, this did not make me happy at all! Normally I love redoing things and change, I love designing; but the idea of this big of a change did not make me happy.
It did the opposite.
It really made me feel like going to bed and pulling the covers over my head, which I actually did a few times!
Has this ever happened to you? You feel the impulsion of letting go and moving into a new phase, but it seems so overwhelming that you want the impulsion to go away?
After days of confusion, the joy of the change kicked in, and I am now in the process of listening to new ideas of what everything will look like (and I am getting some expert design help from my daughter Laurie Lewis – Knoedler, which has made all the difference!).
In the Seneca tradition, October is all about creativity and yes, that is what is exactly what is happening!
What I am being “forced” to learn this fall is that in order to move ahead, a lot of stuff needs to be cleared out to make room for the new.
Is this happening to you? Are you fall-cleaning? Are you preparing the way for new growth, and making it easier for ideas to grow without holding onto old ideas?
Yes, I did say I would complete the new book, The Daily Shift, in September.
However, that book was one of the main catalysts that prompted me to take a fresh idea at everything, so now it is in the works for completion in October. I hope that it will be accompanied by at least a few new looks in other places too – watch for them!
What ideas are coming to you? Let’s Shift together creatively this month!
With Love,
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How glad am I that I’m not the only one going through this? What I find most helpful in The Shift is that sense of Belonging. The idea of Clear Out is a Spiritual one, not just feeling pushed and pulled by the material world. When I realize it is Spiritual, it all falls into place and I feel the impulse rather than the compulsion. Thank you, Beca, for helping to clarify this!
YES! That’s the key isn’t it .. to realize that clear out .. fresh ideas …is a spiritual impulsion, and opens our view to see what is already provided. As we take the action we are being impelled to take, that view gets much clearer. YEP – you not alone in The Shift!
Also very happy to know that this clearing out is a natural thing to have happening at this time of year! I have been feeling the ‘need’ to take action and re-order and re-design things and ideas in my life. When I look at these ideas materially, it all feels very blah and rather pointless. When I redirect my focus on the Spiritual action of these changes, it all feels quite light and lovely! Thanks Beca! Oh, and yes I certainly have crawled back under the covers a few times myself 🙂
Perhaps we should have a crawl under the covers party at The Twelfth Gathering! Yes, I agree, getting back to the Spiritual action of all these changes makes it all light and lovely. Thanks Jamie!
Hello, just wondering, Beca, what is the link between fall cleaning and (October-inspired) creativity? When I think of the start of the creative process I think of a white canvas or blank slate instead of the kind of busy doing that goes with intense cleaning and re-organizing…
I agree Corinne! It seems the same way to me too! I love the process of clearing out before creating… so October. In fact, in a way, I just wrote about that in The Shift Ezine: http://www.theshift.com/theshiftblog/the-shift-ezine/2012/10/08/interpreting-messages/