THE CLUTTER SERIES
The ‘Clutter Series’ discusses all important aspects of the clutter in our homes and minds, including the close relationship between clutter and our general wellbeing.
The main goal of the series is to analyse and explain
- How decluttering our homes can help us to declutter our minds,
- how decluttering our minds can help us to create a clutterfree life,
- how creating a clutterfree life enables us to live the life we want to live.
The ‘Clutter Series’ – Overview:
- What is clutter? – Why is your clutter different to mine? (Click here to read)
- What are the negative side-effects of clutter?
- What are the benefits of a clutter-free home?
- What causes clutter? – Part 1: The inflow of new possessions is too high
- What causes clutter? – Part 2: The outflow of no longer needed belongings is too low
- What is decluttering?
- What are the benefits of the decluttering-activity?
- How our declutter-decisions help us become better decision-makers
- Why is the preparation of decluttering projects so important?
- How our values and our vision help us to make (declutter) decisions
This is the second article of the ‘Clutter Series’.
Click here to read all articles that have been published so far.
What are the negative side-effects of clutter?
If we struggle to make let-go decisions, if we keep belongings that no longer serve us, we end up with clutter. We get surrounded by things that we no longer need, use, love.
Having too much clutter in our home creates clutter in our mind, too, and can make our life unnecessarily difficult and frustrating.
Clutter steals our energy, it limits our personal potential, and decreases our decision-making ability – we tend to feel stuck, overwhelmed and stressed.
We often struggle to take action to change our life to the better.
Living in a cluttered environment can be very harmful to our general well-being, mental health and social relationships.
These are just some of the many negative side-effects of clutter:
- It’s tough to feel energised and excited when clutter pulls us down.
- It’s tough to gratefully appreciate what we value and love if it’s hidden under layers of other stuff.
- It’s tough to get active and take control when we feel encircled and besieged by an ‘army’ of clutter piles.
- It’s tough to focus on projects and tasks when the clutter around us suppresses our attention and creativity.
- It’s tough to engage with family and friends when our clutter leaves no space to entertain them.
- It’s tough to sit back and just relax when our clutter stares at us and makes us feel lazy and guilty.
During major life transitions, getting rid of clutter becomes an absolute necessity:
Change needs space: We have to be willing to let go of the old to make space for the new.
However, our physical and emotional clutter is very powerful in holding us back.
To move forward, into a new phase of our life, we need to make sure that we are no longer surrounded by stuff that’s related to the past and no longer of value to us.
We have to LET GO to MOVE ON.
My 5-step Declutter-Life Program (read more) helps us to understand the causes and the consequences of the clutter in our homes and in our minds.
Step-by-step, we learn to differentiate between what’s useful and valuable to us and what no longer serves us.
We become experts in making decisions, we take back control of our homes and our minds, we create space and clarity in our lives.
In the next article of the ‘Clutter Series‘ we will focus on the benefits of a clutterfree home.
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