Why We All Need to Clean Up, Inside Out
To be honest, sometimes life feels like a scene straight out of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham: dramatic background music, emotional overload, and a constant urge to scream “It’s all too much!”
Whether it's unread emails, unsaid words, or unprocessed feelings, the clutter adds up. And before you know it, you're Simran from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, running toward your peace... but tangled in the baggage of emotional excess.
That’s when you need to Detox!
Not just the juice like you must be seeing on your Insta reel or YouTube Short reel: cleanse, lemon-water kind (although if that works for you, great). I'm talking about a mental, emotional, digital, and even relational detox.
A pause. A reset. A little CTRL + ALT + DELETE for your soul.
You know how, Monica from Friends, every time she avoided her feelings, she cleaned obsessively. But it wasn’t until she actually faced her inner chaos that she truly found peace (and of course Chandler ).
In real life, too, small irritants like unspoken grudges, self-comparison, constant scrolling all pile up like Rani’s suppressed rage in Queen until we finally take that solo trip to Paris or at least log out of Instagram like I have since the past two months.
Creativity and clarity need space. Remember Tamasha? Ved’s real self couldn’t bloom under the pressure of pretending. He had to break down, reset, and detox his life to discover his storyteller side.
I experienced this first hand last week that unchecked clutter, whether mental or emotional doesn’t just impact you. It spills into your relationships. Whether it’s your partner, your family, your siblings or your friends, carrying unresolved stuff can create a barrier, making it hard for others to feel close to you. It’s because unprocessed emotions have a sneaky way of showing up uninvited. In conversations. In overreactions. In that passive-aggressive “I’m fine.”
That’s why emotional detox is not selfish, it’s actually hygiene. Just like you wouldn’t wear the same clothes for a week straight, you shouldn’t wear the same emotional baggage without a little rinse and release.
Detox is often soft, subtle, and starts with small choices.
Like saying no without guilt.
Like deleting toxic group chats.
Like listening with empathy rather than rushing to respond.
Like letting go of the need to be right, and embracing understanding instead.
Like journaling for five minutes before doom-scrolling.
Like forgiving someone quietly, without needing an apology.
You don’t always need a mountain retreat (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) or a Spanish skydiving scene (ZNMD) to feel alive. Sometimes, just breathing deeper and unplugging for a day is enough to start feeling whole again.
So here’s your gentle nudge: Take that break. Pause the chaos. Cancel that plan. Write that journal entry. Hug someone (even if it’s yourself).
Because when you create space inside, you open up room for peace, joy, creativity... and love.
Until next time, Detox a little, live a lot.