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Do you compare your clutter with others?
Have you ever walked into someone else’s home and thought to yourself ‘I couldn’t live like this?’
That’s because clutter to one person may not necessarily be clutter to another.
How does the saying go?
'One person's clutter is another person's treasure', or something like that.
The person whose home you've just walked into may not see it or feel it the way other people do, and ultimately if someone isn’t bothered about their clutter and they don’t want help, then it’s not for someone else to make a judgement on it and force them to live to someone else’s idea of ‘acceptable’. If someone doesn’t consider it cluttered, out of control and in need of de-cluttering, who are we to say that they are wrong about their home?
The issue with respect to whether or not you need help with your clutter is very much a personal one. If you feel out of control of your clutter, frustrated, overwhelmed and stuck because of it, then it’s probably time to clear your clutter / de-clutter. How you do that is again entirely up to you and determined by how you work best.That’s why we work with people who come to us asking for help, and why we work with that person to find out what they want to achieve by clearing their clutter and then work with them towards that goal, rather than what other people may have told them they should or shouldn’t have/want. Maintaining a home is much easier for the person who lives there if they feel comfortable in the home and like the look of it, rather than trying to maintain a home that doesn’t feel like theirs.
We've had many experiences whereby friends, family and partners have called up asking for help for their loved ones, but because Clare knows the importance of the person getting the help being open to new ways of thinking and doing, she will always ask that the person who would actually be getting the help call her themselves.
Much like an alcoholic’s first step is to admit that they have a drink problem or an overweight person has to admit that they eat too much and do too little exercise, someone who has clutter that’s making them uncomfortable in their home must first notice how it’s making them feel, acknowledge that what they’re doing to try and clear it, control it, or organise it isn’t creating the home they want, and then seek out help that suits them.
We’re here to help those who want and seek out the help. If that's you, give us a call on 01295 275030 and find out how we can help.
