Removing this one personal item from my bedroom restored calm and helped me sleep again

Light peach walls in bedroom with hard floors, ornate blue bed frame and framing curtain around the sleep space.

I love having a neat and streamlined bedroom, but I also want it to be a deeply personal sanctuary, with pictures of my loved ones and most special memories visible.

That's why I added pictures around my dressing table mirror so I could start and end the day with my loved ones in sight. However, (as much as I love these pictures) having too many things on my bedroom walls was starting to make the room feel a little claustrophobic, and far from relaxing.