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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…

Angela started her Private Clutter Clearing Journey in October 2020 and completed it in December 2022. This means she’s cleared all her clutter and created the habits she needs to stay Clutter Free Forever. Success Summary: Angela started her Private Journey in October 2020.  As Angela explains: I decided to start my Journey after looking…

MYTH CLEARING YOUR CLUTTER IS JUST ABOUT GETTING RID OF EVERYTHING Absolutely not! Another clutter myth perpetuated by the TV decluttering programmes and organisational ‘experts’. If it was true then you don’t need me, you just need half a dozen skips / dumpsters and some friends to help you empty your home into them. (DON’T!)…

On Monday 25th January 1993 I got on a plane to travel to a little-known country called Guyana on the North Atlantic coast of South America with just a return ticket, my passport, plus 2 large bags full of my clothes, colouring books, and bicycle puncture repair kits. I was going there for 5 months…

One of the most curious reasons I hear for not starting the Journey is ‘It’s too late’, I’m too old’ or ‘I don’t want to spend 2 or 3 years of what’s left of my life dealing with my clutter’. Whenever I hear someone say any of those things, I know it’s almost certainly nothing…

1. Review 2022 What went well in 2022? What didn’t go so well? What got in the way of you doing your Clutter Clearing? Compare and contrast your Wheel of Life Reviews from 2022 so you can see what changed during the year. 2. Think Ahead What do you want to be DIFFERENT in your…

The Object Permanence Concept helps us to understand why we may have a stronger attachment to the things in our clutter than other people. Object Permanence is knowing that things and people continue to exist even if you can’t see them or hear them. Humans develop this awareness, on average, by around the age of…

CLUTTER CLEARING REWARDS  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 Are Rewards? Rewards are what we give ourselves as an act…

7 REASONS WHY WE STRUGGLE TO MAKE TIME 1. Don’t Prioritise or Plan Most clutterholics and hoarders are what’s called ‘In-Time’ people. This means we’re not thinking about, planning for, focused on, or maybe even aware of what we need to do in the future. We also tend to be impulsive and to ‘live in…