It is possible to reduce stress and increase productivity by decluttering! Research backs this up! The Journal of Current Psychology has published studies showing the negative impacts of clutter. It causes “life dissatisfaction” and can “negatively impact our mental wellbeing”.
If you have chronic anxiety, or perhaps it is a season of life that has you stressed out- it is hard to fully show up in our highest, best selves. We have a shadow self that kinda stands in for us.
If there were a guaranteed way to reset your energy that worked for everyone, somebody would have bottled it by now and be living off the riches that such a cure-all would produce.