First lesson: You own too much.

Yes, you do.

If you are an American living in an apartment, home, condo, RV, or houseboat, you own too much.

"Too much" is the nature of life in America. For many reasons (which I discuss in my book, Better Than Feng Shui, to be released this year!), we buy, keep, collect, give (yes, give) and own too much stuff.

I am into theory. But I am more into the practical side of living, which is why I aim to give you as much practical help as I can.

Your first assignment is very simple: go to your closet and select one pair of shoes that hurt your feet. You don't ever wear them because they hurt your feet. You won't miss them when they're out of your life. Take that pair of shoes and put them in a bag to drop off at a homeless shelter, a charity thrift store, or an abused women's ministry office.

Share your excess, for the glory of God.

If this assignment is too complicated for the cluttered state of your entire life, here's a different assignment that anyone can do, and it takes only a few minutes. TAKE OUT THE TRASH. Yes, very simple. I want you to empty every trash can in your home and take it out (where ever "out" is to you--the covered garbage cans, the Dumpster at your apartment, the trash chute down the hall).

When you take out the garbage, you have opened up your life to potential change. It's very difficult to get rid of more garbage if all your trash cans are full.

Go do it.