I’ve been listening to The Secret audiobook and thinking that this can so apply to keeping an organized, uncluttered home and life. If you’re not familiar with the secret, it’s a kind of self-help movie dealing in the idea of positive thinking, but with a seriously thought out strategic way to think and feel positive. I think I’m feeling a podcast brewing on applying the secret to our homes.

If you want to try it now, my best advice — short of watching the movie — is this. Ask for what you want. Ask the universe for a clean, uncluttered home. Ask only once and be specific about what you want. Use positive wording like “I want an organized basement” instead of negative wording like “I don’t want a messy basement.” Now, believe and feel that you already have a clean basement. Act as if it’s already come true, that you have a clean basement already, even if it’s still a mess.

The idea is that the universe acts as your genie, the “your wish is my command” guy, but the universe mirrors your thoughts and feelings exactly, giving you what you think and feel, but in the real physical world. It’s not up to you to figure out how your basement will get cleane, that’s the universe’s problem. Your job is just to think, feel and believe.

Yes, this process involves a leap of faith, but if you take that leap and believe it will work, then it will work.