For fuller context on the Enneagram and how personality typology can be helpful in narrowing down our goals and living a more intentional life, please check out my first post on the Enneagram 1. In this post, we’ll focus on the Enneagram 2. To summarize, my intention with this series on the Enneagram types is to show how our minds collect mental and emotional clutter – unhelpful beliefs, habits, and thought patterns. And how clearing that psychic clutter is just as powerful as clearing our physical clutter. According to Enneagram theory, there are nine personality types, all based in a core fear. Each of these types has unique positive qualities. They…
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Although I often share minimalism inspiration and decluttering tips on this site, I also like to explore how those concepts can be applied to our broader lives and even our psyches. Our lives are not only cluttered with material possessions. Our minds are also cluttered with unhelpful beliefs, habits, and thought patterns. Could the principles of essentialism and minimalism help us clear out mental and emotional clutter, as well? One tool that can be very useful in exploring this topic is personality typology. I’ve written about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) before – exploring how knowing our personality type can help us narrow down which decluttering advice will actually work…
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If you found your way here, it’s because you’re interested in a minimalist lifestyle, or at the very least tips for how to declutter your home. A lot of people are attracted to this philosophy, but we all have different motivations when it comes to adopting a minimalist lifestyle. Searching for decluttering tips online will come up with a variety of recommendations from various bloggers and authors, but you’ll find that what works for one person will not necessarily work for another. You may have even tried decluttering tips you found online and discovered that they just did not apply to you. So how do you know what will…
