Clutter and the Real World

Imagine living in a museum, hospital or clinical laboratory where everything belongs in an exact place, not to be moved without good reason, and certainly always returned to the exact same place.

 

What would that be like?

Generally museums and clinical laboratories have few signs of life when the visitors leave, and they require many people and lots of procedures to ensure that they stay the way they are and are not relaxing places to be for long periods of time. But let’s be honest - few people do, or want to live like that (although most people know of someone whose home is immaculate, pristine but not a welcoming or relaxing place to be), and if you’re reading this I suspect that you are not, nor want to be living in a museum or laboratory style home!

The majority of us live in the real world where life is busy, time is short, it’s hard to focus on just one thing at a time and clearing the clutter in a given room or space is a permanent item on the ‘to-do list’.  It never quite reaches the high priority status equal to that of going to work, food shopping, paying the bills, doing the washing, ironing, household chores, entertaining the kids, looking after poorly kids or relatives, seeing friends and family – the list is endless. 

Most people want to feel comfortable and be able to relax in their homes, and anyone who has children, pets, hobbies, friends or jobs is going to have some clutter somewhere in their home. Once you can accept that some clutter is normal then you can make progress.

Clutter only becomes a problem when it gets out of control and hinders or prevents you from being able to get on with living and enjoying your home and your life.

It may be time to consider clearing your clutter if it is;

• making you feel uncomfortable in your own home

• causing tension with family or friends

• is something you think about / worry about on a daily basis

• something you feel ashamed of and try to ignore or avoid

• getting in the way of you having friends and family visit or come to stay

• has become a discussion topic with others

but most importantly is recognized by you as something that’s out of control.

The key to clearing and controlling your clutter is to find a level of clutter which is comfortable to live with, plus establish a way of controlling it which doesn’t require ongoing effort, time or money.

Got the book, watch the TV programmes, still got your clutter?

Many of our clients are people who love the TV programmes, have bought the book, but still haven’t been able to turn that into reality. Many are frustrated because they bought the book and thought that it would make a difference. Many have started reading it, or even bought some of the storage solutions that are recommended, but the clutter is still there, and may even be multiplying before their very eyes.

Why?

There are 5 main reasons why the TV and book don’t always help.

• They don’t help you understand WHY you have your clutter

• They don’t show you HOW to clear your clutter

• Many people need to EXPERIENCE the process, not just watch or read about it

• The programmes make it look as though you can clear your clutter QUICKLY, but when people try to do it on their own it takes longer because they don’t have the hands-on-help, or a whole day or two to do it. Consequently, when they don’t feel they’ve got anywhere in a couple of hours they give up

• People buy nice new STORAGE solutions in preparation for their clutter clearing session. They always have such nice storage solutions on the telly, and just like the book, people believe that if they get the storage solutions the clutter will clear itself.

We can help you break that cycle, turn the theory into practice, and de-clutter your home both now and for good. 

Need help with your De-Cluttering and Organising?

0203 3030 152

 

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