1: Know What You Want

2: Locate Your Power Spots

3: Create a Path for Chi

4: Repaint, Repair, Renew

5: Clean Up Your Clutter

6: Neutralize Negative Influences

7: Activate Your Power Spots

8: Work on Yourself as Well as Your Home

9: Evaluate Your Results

PRINCIPLE 4: Repaint, Repair, Renew

Feng shui recognizes that small problems can have a major effect on your life, and that a well kept home will always have better chi than one where maintenance tasks have been allowed to pile up.

The minor problems and inconveniences that plague a poorly maintained home can restrict your freedom of movement, cloud your ability to understand a situation, make it difficult to take advantage of opportunities, and waste your resources.

For example:

- Doors that are difficult to open make it difficult for you to progress in life.

- Dirty windows cloud your judgment and make it hard to see things clearly. This can manifest as physical eye problems or symbolically as difficulty recognizing what's really going on in a situation.

- Burnt-out light bulbs, fixtures that don't work, and inadequate lighting all contribute to a lack of vision, energy, and initiative in that area of your home and in the related area of your life.

Now that you know where your power spots are, it's a good idea to take a close look at those areas of your house. Make a note of any new or long-overdue housekeeping, maintenance, and repair tasks, and make getting them done as soon as possible a feng shui priority!

Quick Tips* 32-44 cover "WD-40® cures": seemingly minor repairs that can have a big impact on the chi of your home. • Sample tip 40

*All Quick Tips are described in detail in Fast Feng Shui: 9 Simple Principles for Transforming Your Life by Energizing Your Home.
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SEE ALSO:
Article: "The Feng Shui of Little Things" (FFS Newsletter Article)