Posts by Clutter Clearing

TRACK YOUR PROGRESS How Does Tracking Your Progress Help Your Motivation? A study by the University of Sheffield, based on 138 studies of 19,951 participants, showed that the more often you monitor your progress towards a goal, the greater the likelihood that you will succeed. The more frequent that monitoring of progress, the greater the…

RESISTANCE When we’re on our Clutter Clearing Journey, we are guaranteed to feel resistance. Resistance is defined as: ‘the refusal to accept or comply with something’. EVERYONE – no exceptions – experiences resistance when they have a clutter challenge. Before they start their Journey, Clutterholics: Even when we start our Clutter Clearing Journey, resistance doesn’t…

INFO-JUNKIE The majority of Clutterholics are info-junkies. We love to learn, have facts, have information available when we want and need it. Sadly, in the modern technological world, our info-junkie addiction is made worse by the ease of access to information – the internet. No need to plan a trip to the library, sign up…

Susan and Linda started their Private Clutter Clearing Journey in January 2021 and completed it in March 2023. This means they’ve cleared all their clutter and created the habits they need to stay Clutter Free Forever. Success Summary:   Susan Linda Number of rooms and areas completely clutter cleared 9 11 Number of years they…

MYTH KEEPING MY CLUTTER SAVES ME MONEY When we try to make decisions about the things in our clutter, we can often tell ourselves that we’re going to keep things because we do actually use x,y,z, so we believe we’re saving money by keeping it. There are 4 reasons why this myth is a myth.…

From the age of 9 until my early 20’s, I struggled with my health. I had glandular fever which then morphed into M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). It was the 80’s and a new condition that was little understood. In the UK a well-known TV presenter, Ester Rantzen, had a daughter who…

When we decide to deal with our clutter, we usually have a great expectation that this time it will be different. This time we feel more focused, determined, hopeful, ready to get rid of things, ready to do whatever it takes to get this done as quickly and painlessly as possible. We’ve set aside a…

MOTIVATIONAL MOOD BOARD When we’re on our Clutter Clearing Journey, we all need to have a motivational toolbox that contains a range of tools to help us get through the bad days and tough weeks we ALL have when we’re Clearing our Clutter. What Is a Motivational Mood Board? It is simply a collection of…

THE FEAR OF REGRET In 2021 a Clutter Clearing Survey discovered that the fear of regret was the number 1 reason why people felt resistance to letting go of things in their clutter. What specifically is ‘regret’? “Regret is feeling bad because things could have been better if we had done something differently in the…

When you are a people pleaser, you consistently put other people’s needs before your own, want other people to approve of what you do or say, and feel responsible for their happiness.  Those of us who are people pleasers often feel that people will only like us if we put them first, and our fear…