One of the tips I often give people to help them get going with clutter clearing is to wear something red.

In the new edition of my Clear Your Clutter book I explain, "Just as red dancing shoes make your feet feel like moving, so wearing red clothes make you feel like taking action. If you don't have anything red, then wear colours from the warm end of the spectrum (orange, yellow, etc) rather than cool colours such as blue. Many people keep clutter as a way of comforting themselves, so if you wear warm, comforting colours rather than cool ones while sorting through your stuff, you'll find it easier to let things go."

I've also noticed that wearing the colour red generally makes people feel more able to get a job done and keep at it until it's finished. The fiery quality of the colour has the effect of boosting confidence, self-esteem, stamina and staying power.

I arrived at this conclusion after many years of working with clients and now researchers are starting to gather evidence that wearing red in certain situations does give people a leading edge to success. For example, a study led by Martin Attrill at the University of Plymouth in the UK has found that English soccer teams Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal between them won 38 out of 63 league titles during the 56-year period from 1947 to 2003, and were ranked in first, second and fourth places respectively in home wins. What do they all have in common? They all wear red.

Another study (by Hill and Barton) showed that teams wearing red in the Euro 2004 soccer finals in Portugal won more games and scored more goals than teams wearing other colours. I don't have the faintest interest in football myself but find these studies very interesting and not at all surprising.

For clutter clearing you don't have to dress from head to foot in red but it really does work well to wear a red top of some kind. I think this is because the process predominantly involves handling things with the upper part of the body. So if you're having difficulty getting started or keeping at clutter clearing, feel free to give this a go.

And if you're experimentally inclined, here's something else you can try. Since the hands are the most involved in clutter clearing, I have a hunch that wearing red gloves could help even more. There are no shops here in tropical Bali where I can buy a pair of gloves to test this out but I bet it would add extra oomph. At the very least, it would make clutter clearing more fun!

Copyright © Karen Kingston, 2009

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Sally

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Now I'm confused. You say wearing red will empower yourself but David Icke recommends turquoise. How is a lay person to choose? Are there any hard and fast rules?

Saturday 21 November 2009, 19:22

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Karen Kingston

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Do you mean David Icke who published The Biggest Secret, "in which he wrote that the Illuminati are a race of reptilian humanoids known as the Babylonian Brotherhood, and that many prominent figures are reptilian, including George W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, Kris Kristofferson, and Boxcar Willie" (I quote from amazon.co.uk's official description of his book)? And you are having a problem choosing between his advice and mine? Hmmm... But never mind. I never ask anyone to take my advice on trust. Just try it for yourself and see if it works for you.

Sunday 22 November 2009, 05:45

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Kimberly K.

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Recently, I had a stressful family event to attend--it was located away from my home in an area I didn't know well. The hotel was kind of scattered about, so that I had to walk a long way to find my room. To make things worse, I wasn't feeling well. Yet, I persevered and as far as I could tell got on well enough with everyone. My mother sent me an email complaining about my bad behavior later (?) which really dug in--I blamed the dress, which was of course, red. I see now that the color of the dress helped me get through a situation that had my stomach in knots before and after...it could have been much worse.

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