What's shouting at you?
Look around your home and notice how many things are competing for your attention. The words on food packaging, the labels on bottles, the book on your shelves, the branding on your clothes, the products lined up around your bathroom sink, the notes on the fridge and all the little things you've put down and never quite put away.
We're so used to seeing these things that we barely notice them anymore, but they're still there, filling our field of vision with words, colours and information that we don't really need.
This is visual noise. And it's one of those things we rarely think about when we're trying to simplify our homes.
We spend so much time thinking about how much we own and how much space it takes up, but what about how much of our attention it takes up? A room can be perfectly tidy and still feel busy when there's simply too much to look at.
This week: Walk through your home and pay attention to what's in your line of sight. Look at your kitchen counter, your bathroom sink, your shelves and the surfaces where things tend to accumulate.
Put away the products you don't use every day, remove any unnecessary packaging and find a home for the things that don't need to be out on display. And next time you go to replace an everyday item such as personal care, cleaning products or food, look for products with more minimal packaging and less visual noise.
A thought: When clothing brands use bold branding, do we become unpaid walking billboards for them every time we wear their clothes?