Being In Flow State : Declutter your inner world

When Your Mind Feels Stuck (And How I Started Clearing It)

I knew I was burnt out. Not just tired. But where the mind feels like a blank page, soaked in fog.

No fresh ideas.
No spark.
Just… weight.

I kept telling myself, “Maybe tomorrow.”
Maybe tomorrow I’ll wake up with clarity.
Maybe I’ll feel like me again.

But days turned into weeks…
And then months.

Still nothing.

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The Realisation That Changed It

At some point, it hit me: Maybe I wasn’t empty. Maybe I was just full, full of noise, clutter, little unfinished thoughts that kept circling in my head like background tabs.

Things like:

• The AC remote isn’t working.

• Grocery item out of stock

• Delivering work to the client

• The new proposal needs to be sent to the client.

Tiny things. But together, they were taking up all the space.

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I Started Writing It All Down

One night, I grabbed a page and just dumped everything.

Every. Little. Thing.

Not just tasks, but random thoughts, worries, half-formed ideas, stuff I was ashamed of not doing. And I could feel the fog thinning. It was… relief like I could finally hear myself think again.

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My End-of-Day Brain Dump Ritual

Now, I do this every evening.

• Loose thoughts → even if they sound silly or make no sense.

• Lingering tasks → big or small, doesn’t matter.

• New ideas → even the ones that scare me.

I don’t organise them. I just let them out. Simple bullet points. Zero pressure. Just release.

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Why It Works (At Least for Me)

Our brains aren’t meant to be storage units. They’re meant to create.To imagine. To solve.

When you keep everything in your head, it keeps popping back up, again and again. You start every day already overwhelmed.

Writing it down clears the mental cache. It makes space. And that’s when new ideas start to visit again.

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A Framework I Now Follow — B.R.E.A.T.H.

Because yes, it feels like breathing again.

B – Brain dump everything
R – Review what matters.
E – Eliminate what’s not worth your energy.
A – Assign what remains to yourself, someone else, or a day.
T – Tackle one thing at a time.
H – Habit stack — do this alongside tea, soft music, or meditation.

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Meditation: My Reset Button

I don’t meditate to “fix” myself. I meditate to return to myself.
I have learned to do a guided practice with gentle music. For that, I always sit with a straight spine, heart open, and a slightly elevated head.
That alone calms my nervous system faster than anything else.

If you’re new, just start with your breath. That’s enough.

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What I’ve Learned

Burnout isn’t just about working too much. It’s about carrying too much unfinished business in your mind. Unspoken. Untouched. Unwritten.

You don’t need to do more. You need to empty more regularly.

So now, I write.
I breathe.
I create space.

That’s when the ideas and peace return.

💡 Question: What is that one decluttering ritual that you follow, which has improved your life?

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📌 PS - I have been working for the last 22 years. This year, I have slowed down not to stop, but to learn and do, reflect and respond to build with intention. Everything I share here comes from what I have lived through the challenges, the shifts and the practices that helped me move forward.