Clutter and a clean mind

Hi all!
    I am in the midst of rearranging house and bedroom and was struck by the connections of cleaning and our habits/thoughts! I have noticed that when our external environment is in a state of chaos that a good portion of the time our mental life is unkempt as well, or a portion of it. 
    I have to admit in all honesty to being a sloppy-clean freak. What, you say?! It is true. I love a clean, well ordered environment as I feel more aligned, productive and less stressed! There is a part of me though that gets in a hurry and doesn't always maintain that order. I will end up throwing things on a counter or shelf and before I know it, wham, clutter abounds. Well, I tell myself, you are just really busy and it is okay for the moment. The lie I was telling myself is that momentary lacks of discipline are okay because I will get "to it" when I have time. I literally started laughing today at that fallacy as I hit hour number two of "getting around to it when I have time"!
    I just had to come and blog this as I realized that the more disordered my environment had become that the more my life was becoming disordered as well. Things just having been going as smooth lately. I didn't have as much "time" to do things, and I was becoming stressed about it. So as I tidy up my house and get rid of or straighten out the clutter I am looking at my thoughts as well for tell-tale signs of not keeping order there as well. As you probably guessed already, there are things I am supposed to be doing and have dropped the ball! The best thing is the time frame to recognize these little errors is getting shorter the more I work on myself and the curve to get back to the straight-and-narrow is getting more like a line than a circle.
    As a martial artist I strive to maintain the highest levels of discipline. When my environment is showing signs of clutter, I know that I am losing some discipline and it is time to kick it in the rear again. While relating this to a friend of mine, he was perplexed at my connecting a messy room to my overall outlook and mastery of life. I tried to explain it to him with little success. He thought I was being a little extreme! Now, he is a very intelligent person and it was my turn to be perplexed at his statement. I tried to explain to him how we are connected beings, and nothing happens in a vacuum. Something that happens to one part of me affects the whole because the idea of "parts" of us is illusion. Think back to the last time you had something as benign as a stuffy nose. Now really think about how your whole life was affected from just your nose. It is a relatively small part of you overall, yes?! Now think about how your work suffered, sleep suffered, maybe your intimacy with your significant other, social life, etc. Just that little stuffy nose brought changes to life because nothing happens in and of itself! 
    I'll leave you today with these ideas and to have you look for synchronicity in all that you do, Body/Mind/Spirit!