Opening your own home business is a wonderful excuse to get rid of those things that no longer serve you and to organize those things that do. You want to make sure that there is a non-cluttered path from where your client enters your home to the table or room where you will do their Wee Folk Toracles card reading and to the bathroom should your client need to use the facilities.
Right now, I want you to stand by your entry door and see what you can see. I want you to look at it as though you were a client coming in for the first time. What do you see that you might trip over, knock over, or see that a client might wrinkle up their nose and wonder how you could live with that kind of mess? Now I know I told you in the "Home Business Card Reading Space" article that if you give a warm welcome, are "present", and give a good reading, your client isn't going to care about your "space", and that is true - to a degree. Good service can help a client overlook other areas that might need tending. However, the less cluttered your space is, the less cluttered your mind is AND it never hurts to make a good first impression.
If you have a hundred pairs of shoes in your entry area, then you know that needs to be brought down to a manageable level because shoes tend to have a knack for tangling under our feet no matter how they are lined up. If you have mounds of papers on your table or somewhere in the vicinity that your client will be able to see, you need to go through the papers, toss what you don't need, and file in a box or filing cabinet what you feel you need to keep. If your kitchen can be seen by your client and your counters are cluttered, you might consider going through your cabinets and drawers, removing items that you don't use or need, rearranging as you go, so that some of what is on the counters might fit in the drawers or cupboards. If there are tons of toys strewn about, whether from children or pets, you may want to find a box to put them in and set it out of the way and start working with your children to help you by picking up their own toys if they're old enough. You're going to be a busy person, so any and all family help will be greatly appreciated by you.
It might be beneficial also to have a "family meeting" to explain to those living with you what you need from them, so that you don't have to keep going back and de-cluttering areas you have already taken care of.
It might take a bit of ingenuity if you live in a really small place, but it is possible to make any "space" clean and warm feeling without having to spend a lot of money to do so. Don't underestimate the value of a shoe box or the space under your bed. Remember, too, you don't need to make your "space" look Spartan - in other words, it can look "lived in" - you're just clearing out the clutter and making what you do want to keep look as though it belongs there instead of being hidden underneath all the things you no longer really need.
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