Clutter defined and derailed!

Clutter is quite a "no-no" in personal development circles.

What is clutter?  According to Wikipedia:

Clutter may refer to excessive physical disorder: a confusing or disorderly state or collection; or the creation thereof.  Excessive, unnecessary or uncontrolled clutter can be a symptom of compulsive hoarding.  A type of light pollution.

In the everyday sense, clutter includes:

• rubbish not put in the bin
• items eg clothing, papers, books, utensils not stored properly
• accumulated unused objects
• broken and unmaintained items remain broken and unmaintained for long periods of time
• commitments/activities in our life that serve no purpose
• activities including ironing, bill paying, phone calls, dishes, house work are completed later rather than sooner -- in other words, when they absolutely have to be done. 

Our environment and our personal life can contain much unnecessary clutter which takes up valuable space and energy.

Some people have no trouble in keeping clutter to a minimum.  They get rid of unwanted items, everything is put in its place, rubbish is put in the bin under the table not left on the table, broken things are either fixed and mended or thrown out, only those commitments and activities that have a real purpose are continued, house work is kept up-to-date, mail is opened as it comes in, bills are paid on time, phone calls are made sooner rather than later... environment and life have some sense of order.

In contrast, others build up clutter very easily... items are never put away where they belong, lids are never put on containers, broken and unmaintained things stay that way, papers are never filed away, things needing to be done are continually put off till another day... and so on and so on.

Dealing with clutter in a household can be a nightmare if some members are organised and don't contribute to clutter whereas others are messy and contribute to the household clutter; where some members give or throw away unwanted and unused items and other members cannot throw anything away, in other words they hoard (I grew up in that kind of household).

How do you begin to derail clutter?... how do you begin to get rid of the clutter in your life and in your environment??  Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• make a decision, right now, to do something about the clutter!  Take control of clutter rather than have clutter control you!
• make the commitment, right now, to begin to take action about your clutter
• remember that clutter will take time to be completely derailed, completely gone
• don't think you have to do absolutely everything at once
• any action towards clearing clutter is better than no action

Clutter occurs where you live, at your workplace/workspace, in your car, in your activities of daily life, where you play or spend your leisure time... wherever you are or go, there is potential for clutter.

Clutter is easy to derail... to get rid of, or at least bring to a manageable level... once you decide to start doing something about it!

Once the clutter is removed from your life and your environment... it is amazing how good it feels!  You feel happier, more energetic, less scattered, thinking is clearer and you have more time because you are no longer wasting time looking for things that were hidden in amongst the clutter!

We all have clutter... and we all deal with clutter in very different ways!

Over the next few posts, I will suggest ways that you can deal with clutter in specific areas of your life.

How do you deal with clutter?  Is it a problem in your life?  Or in your household?  Click on the comment link below and share your experiences... it's always great hearing from you!

Best wishes
Jeanne

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