Tips and Strategies for Calming Anxiety and Getting Organized

Many of us feel anxiety and need practical tips for calming ourselves down. With information coming at us 24/7 through our jobs, relationships, current events, the news, and social media, we can easily feel overwhelmed and anxious. In fact, around 40 million American adults say that anxiety is a part of their lives. Some practical tips can help. For some people, working with a professional counselor or consulting with a physician or psychiatrist is needed. For many of us, simply learning some practical skills for managing anxiety will make a big difference.

Here are a few practical anxiety management tips we discuss in the video:

• Write down things that you need to do, rather than simply trying to remember things or leaving things lying around as visual reminders. This will help clear your mind.
• Minimize clutter. Professional organizer Christina Scalise says that “clutter is a visual to-do list.” The more you get rid of clutter the more you will feel in control of your life.
• Clutter in the house makes it hard to rest. Clutter in the bedroom makes it hard to sleep.

In this video, we also practice a breathing technique that is proven to calm your brain and help lower anxiety.

Don’t miss Part 1 of our series on How Getting Organized Helps with Anxiety.

Creating a clutter-free environment is difficult. Despite your best intentions, you may find yourself overcome with doubt, anxiety, or simply not knowing where to begin. To help you face those challenges, we have created Perfectly Placed’s Organizing Deep Dive.

As a professional organizer, I have been helping people declutter and design beautiful spaces since 2005. My husband, Travis, has been providing counseling services to clients since 2003. Now, for the first time, we have combined our specialties and take a “deeper dive” into the mental and emotional aspects of organizing your life!