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If you are into home organizing ideas, or you are searching for ideas for office organization and décor, you may take an interest in Feng Shui. Feng Shui is a system that hails from China which teaches you to arrange your environment in order to facilitate flow.

While shopping for plastic bins, you may wonder whether they fit into Feng Shui or not—and if so, what you need to know about how to use them without disrupting the flow of energy around you.

In Part 2 of this series, I will give you some tips for Feng Shui with plastic bins. But before I jump into those suggestions, I want to talk a little bit about Feng Shui itself in case you are brand new to it. That will be the focus for Part 1.

What Exactly is Feng Shui?

Feng Shui is a traditional art of organizing, also called “Chinese geomancy.” The name translates to “wind-water.” It is tied to the belief that a life energy called “Chi” or “Qi” flows through us and through everything in our environment, and the condition of our environment impacts the flow of that Qi.

The goal of Feng Shui is to create an environment where Qi flow is optimized. It is believed that doing this will help to facilitate positive events both in and around the occupant of that home or workplace setting.

Is Feng Shui “real?” Well, if we are speaking literally, that all comes down to what you believe. If you believe that Qi is a literal, actual force, perhaps it is. But even if you do not, that does not mean that Feng Shui’s effects cannot be very real.

How so? You can choose to view Qi as a figurative concept, but even so, you must acknowledge that concepts have their own validity and relevance in our lives. Even if Qi is not a literal force, looking around you, you do get a sense of “flow” or otherwise from your space. If it is full of clutter, it feels stopped up. And from a subjective perspective, that means that it is. That in turn impacts how you feel, think, and function.

So no matter what you believe, Feng Shui can help you create a space that supports you. By organizing your environment in a pleasing way, you can make it more conducive to positive thoughts, feelings and actions.

Feng Shui is More Flexible Than You Might Realize

There are a lot of “rules” in Feng Shui. Some people will tell you that you need to follow them to the letter, while others assert that they are actually open to interpretation.

I believe there are a lot of differences in how individual people function, so any system of home organization can and should be adapted to the needs of the individual. Really, the only “hard” rule I see with Feng Shui is that you need to keep Qi flow open. In the next article, I will talk about how this pertains to plastic bin use in the home or office.