Your Life Doesn’t Need Another Storage Bin. It Needs Space.
I shared this on LinkedIn earlier, but sharing here too in case you missed it or aren't subscribed there. It's a great reminder to make space for what matters most. XO
If moving the same pile of clutter from one room to another counted as cardio, I would be in phenomenal shape.
You know the pile.
It starts on the kitchen counter. Then company is coming, so it moves to the dining table. Later, you need the table, so it gets relocated to the laundry room. The unofficial witness protection program for things we don’t know what to do with.
Technically, the house looks better.
Emotionally, the pile still owns you.
I recently spent an entire day organizing my laundry room, which had slowly become my “just put it in there for now” room.
For the record, for now is a dangerous little phrase. It has no deadline, no accountability and apparently a very generous lease agreement.
As I sorted, tossed and asked myself why one woman needed so many miscellaneous cords, I was reminded of something:
Most of us don’t need more storage. We need more space.
Not just physical space, although being able to see the top of a table without moving seventeen things is wildly underrated.
We need mental space to think.
Emotional space to feel what we’ve been too busy to feel.
Relational space for honest conversations.
Financial space to make choices from intention instead of anxiety.
Spiritual space to hear the quiet voice underneath all the noise.
And calendar space to experience our lives instead of constantly managing them.
For more than 20 years, this has been at the heart of my work: helping people let go of what no longer serves them and create space for what matters most.
Clutter Isn’t Always Something You Can Put in a Basket
Sometimes clutter looks like clothes you haven’t worn in a decade, or a kitchen cabinet stacked so precariously that reaching for one bowl feels like entering a high-stakes game of Jenga.
But sometimes it looks like:
- A decision you keep postponing
- A relationship that requires you to abandon yourself
- Twelve subscriptions quietly nibbling away at your bank account
- A calendar filled with obligations you resent
- An old story about who you’re allowed to become
- Constant access to people who drain you
- Goals you’re chasing because they look impressive, not because they feel aligned
- So much noise that you can no longer hear your own wisdom—or God’s direction
THAT clutter won’t fit inside a labeled acrylic bin.
And trust me, I love a good container. But even the prettiest organizational system cannot create peace if the real disorder is happening inside your life.
We have been taught that the answer is usually to add something:
A better routine. A new planner. Another program. A stricter meal plan. A more elaborate morning ritual.
Possibly a color-coded spreadsheet with twelve tabs and a motivational quote.
Sometimes those things help.
But sometimes the next level of your life doesn’t require more.
It requires room.
What Are You Actually Making Space For?
“Decluttering” can sound like a punishment—a joyless afternoon spent deciding whether a plastic lid has a matching container.
Creating space feels different.
Creating space has a purpose.
We don’t clear the table because empty tables are the goal. We clear the table because we want somewhere to sit.
Somewhere to laugh until we cry.
Somewhere to tell the truth.
Somewhere to pray, dream, play cards, share a meal, make a plan or simply look another person in the eyes without a screen between us.
Because the goal isn’t to create an empty life. It’s to create a life with room for love, laughter, connection and joy.
And no, you do not need to overhaul your entire house, cancel every commitment and disappear to a silent retreat in the mountains. Although some days, I understand the appeal.
Start smaller.
Create one visible win.
Clear one surface you see every day—a counter, a desk or the table currently serving as a distribution center for unopened mail.
Close one open loop.
Make the decision, send the email, schedule the appointment or admit that you are never going to finish that project. Unfinished decisions take up more mental space than we realize.
Remove one thing that no longer fits.
One obligation. One recurring expense. One draining habit. One relationship dynamic you are no longer willing to participate in.
Then ask yourself:
What am I making room for?
More peace?
More creativity?
A healthier relationship?
A new opportunity?
Time with the people you love?
A deeper connection with God—or perhaps simply enough quiet to hear your own thoughts again?
The answer matters, because creating space isn’t about having less for the sake of having less. It’s about having more room for what makes your life feel like yours.
So before you buy another storage bin, download another productivity app or create another twelve-step plan to manage your twelve-step plan, pause.
Maybe you don’t need another system.
Maybe you need space.
And if your life feels full but not fulfilling, this is exactly the work I help people do: clear the noise, reconnect with what matters most and build a life they genuinely love waking up to.
Tell me in the comments: What is one thing you’re ready to make space for?
Or send me the word SPACE if you’re ready for support creating it.
Your life doesn’t need to be empty.
It just needs enough room for you to fully live in it.
XO ~ Coach Tara 🩷
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