Eliminate junk stimuli

- [Instructor] Eliminate junk stimuli. Another way to eliminate feelings of overwhelm in our lives is to get rid of a lot of the junk stimuli that comes our way throughout the day. We are bombarded day and night with loads of crap. TV ads or even news we aren't interested in that we watch anyway. A mailbox full of advertising and other dead tree marketing. Emails upon emails, mingling with Facebook posts, and tweets and texts. Left unchecked, all this junk stimuli will bleed us dry. It's exhausting, even as it's often entertaining. Do a quick audit of all the clutter in your life. Start with your environment. Where is there junk stimuli? Stuff that makes you feel tired when you see, hear or otherwise experience it. Consider visual clutter like that overstuffed kitchen drawer you open every day looking for a paperclip. Ponder auditory clutter, like whiny kids who make you tense or the neighbor who really does need to fix…