{"id":13953,"date":"2025-08-13T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13953"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:37:47","slug":"our-brains-like-order-prompt-852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/our-brains-like-order-prompt-852\/","title":{"rendered":"Our brains like order . . . Prompt #852"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cOur brains like order,\u201d explains\u00a0Kristi Phillips, a Minnesota-based psychologist \u201chaving less stimuli around us helps promote relaxation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She points out the popularity of home-decluttering Reels and TikToks, as well as TV series such as Get Organized With the Home Edit<\/em> and Hot Mess House<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut while we enjoy the afterglow of a cleaned-out junk drawer, we still procrastinate when it comes to tackling more complex areas of clutter in our lives. When we\u2019re trying to declutter our own spaces, we have an emotional attachment to those items,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhether there are memories linked to those objects or simply the guilt of getting rid of something you spent money on, the task of mentally weighing each item can be overwhelming, with a video, you see the fast-forward of how quick it is \u2026 so it gives us that hope and positivity of,\u00a0Oh, I can do that too<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 \u201cWhy Watching Decluttering Videos Feels So Good<\/a>\u201d by Abby Alten Schwartz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write about your cleaning out habits or your decluttering experience, could be your things or someone else\u2019s things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OR<\/strong>: Write about what helps your brain to relax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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