Space Clearing for the New Year

The beginning of a New Year gives us an opportunity to have a fresh start. One of the best ways to do this is clearing our space of old, stagnant energy and there are several ways we can achieve this. 

1.  Clearing the energy in our home
2. Clearing out clutter
3. Clearing out old emails
4. Clearing people out who are not good for us
5. Clearing out food that is not high resonating.

I like to start off by using my energy clearing tools first because that often helps motivate me right away because the old stagnant and negative energy can make me feel sluggish. I love smudging with sage and going room to room with it and including smudging myself. I use the mantra of I am releasing negative energy and transmuting it to loving energy. Release all that no longer serves me and inviting what does.
This ritual for me shifts my energy and my mindset to begin my day. You will be surprised how much of a difference your space will feel. 
Clearing out the clutter in your home will make it feel lighter and open to receiving new abundance of ideas, opportunities and creativity this will bring in more of what you desire. This may feel daunting at first but start with small tasks each day to get this moving. Decide that you will do at least 15-30 minutes each day. Create a plan for each day like starting with the no-brainer things that you can go through quickly like junk mail or a small drawer. You may decide to choose one room to concentrate on at a time, whatever works for you but write a list and choose 1-3 for each day and then check them off as you complete them. This will feel so good.
Clearing out emails frees up space for your mind, anything you can release from your inbox is great for the clearing mind clutter. If you can start off the New Year with an empty or close to an empty email inbox that is fabulous. Release any old contacts that you know that you won't need again. Unsubscribe from things that no longer are relevant to you. Try to clear your inbox as often as possible to keep it from becoming overwhelming.
Clear out people who don't make you feel good. This can be a difficult one but it is so important to pay attention to where you are spending your time. You should feel good after being with someone at least  80% or more of the time. We all can have days with someone that doesn't go well but it should not be ongoing. You may have a good friend who is going through a crisis for a long period of time and you want to help and that is great but not at the detriment to your own health. The main thing is to be aware of what these relationships are doing to your energy and health and then decide how much time you are willing to spend with them if at all. There are people who will just suck the life out of you and those you need to spend the least amount of time with or cut them out completely. This is really where you need to set boundaries with people, particularly family members that you may love but are not good for you.
Clearing out food that is not high resonating because these all lower your energy and your intuition. Slowly go through your cupboards and get rid of foods that don't give you high nutritional value. The highest resonating foods are non-Genetically modified foods (non-GMO) that are plant-based fruits and veggies, beans, legumes, rice, etc like a vegetarian or vegan diet. If you do eat meat and fish make sure it is also humanely raised and humanely butchered. You take on the energy of the animal and the people that are has been in contact with, so it is important to know its background. Any food you bring home from the grocery store you want to clear the energy from all the people who have handled it or even walked by it. Many of your groceries you will wash before eating so this will help those foods but if you want to clear all your food you can ask the universe, Angels and guides to clear your food before putting them away. Releasing all energy that doesn't belong to you to be returned to all those who came into contact with your food. 
Remember to just make a plan and do any much as you can in 15-30 minutes a day. If you feel like doing more go for it but just decide when and the amount of time you want to start with, it will be much less overwhelming to think, I'm going to see how much I can do in 15 minutes rather than think I need to do all this and finish it, because you probably won't even start it. If you miss a day or you do only 5 minutes then just pick where you left off on the next day. No point in punishing yourself, remember to be kind to yourself and that will be a new welcomed change for the New Year.
As you begin to make these small changes watch what you begin to manifest into your life, take note and be in a state of gratitude to allow more of it to come to you.