Category — Get rid of clutter

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One of the worst habits a person can fall into is hanging onto things no longer needed. Learning to let go of clutter is one of the hardest things for a packrat to learn. Some people just see to be born with a tendency to hoard things.

Sometimes a person has a problem with letting go of clutter because of a poor financial state they were forced to endure. Children growing up with little to claim as their own may develop a habit of hoarding things once they acquire a better lifestyle. A person constantly on the move in their younger years may hoard clutter once they settle down.
An older person who has lost a loved one may have a hard time letting go of any clutter that belonged to their loved one.

A parent whose child has run away or been kidnapped or slipped into a coma may not be able to let go of the clutter belonging to that child. [Read more →]

How many times have mothers all over the world asked their children to get rid of clutter? How many wives have convinced their husbands they don’t need their high school memorabilia or all that fishing clutter they no longer use? How many families have had to get rid of clutter because they’re forced to pack and move to a new state? There are even (gasp) husbands who are neat freaks and are continually frustrated by their clutter bug wives! (Yes, ladies, it happens!)

Have you ever noticed something missing after your wife or husband held a garage sale or hauled off a load to charity? How many parents are forced to wait for someone to baby-sit their child so they could sort through the overflow of the toy box and get rid of the broken toys and just plain trash to avoid a scene? [Read more →]

If you’ve lost sight of your carpet, can’t find your clean clothes in the pile on the floor, and don’t remember if that basket holds trash or important paperwork, it’s time to de-clutter. If you need a hammer and nails but have to wade through old toys, paint cans, and things that have gathered dust in your garage to find them, it’s time to de-clutter.
Have you given up having family dinners because you’ve lost the dining room table under the accumulated mess?

Do you shudder when you open your refrigerator because it’s a constant reminder that you’ve neglected it? Are you afraid when you need something the kids borrowed and you are forced to search through the endless clutter in their rooms to find your belongings? Do you have to clean out your seat into an already overloaded trunk just to give a co-worker a ride home?

People continually add to their daily stress because of the clutter in many, if not all, areas of their lives. Then they finally get a day off work only to once more ignore de-cluttering in favor of going shopping, running errands, or taking the kids somewhere to have fun. So, the clutter continues to build. They may feel they sacrifice enough of their time already and work too hard to spend their precious off-time decluttering. Yet this may be the one area that could simplify their busy lives. Gaining control over clutter can relieve stress. Sometimes a person will attempt to de-clutter their homes by cleaning and clearing only what can be readily seen by any visitors. This is similar to the child who shoves everything under the bed or into the closet in an attempt to fool mom and dad, or at least to get them off their backs temporarily.
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