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MYTH I CAN’T LET GO OF SOMETHING THAT WAS A GIFT Many people mistakenly think that if something in their clutter was a gift, then somehow the usual rules of making realistic decisions don’t apply. For some reason, when it comes to gifts, we stop thinking about whether we NEED it and will USE it…

MYTH I ‘JUST’ NEED MORE STORAGE Hands up who loves a good storage solution? They’re almost hypnotic aren’t they? They look so lovely and organised, they make you feel lovely and organised, and we believe they’re going to solve our clutter challenge for us. Hands up who’s got storage solutions in their clutter that have…

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.…

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!)…

MYTH CLEARING MY CLUTTER IS ABOUT CREATING A SHOW HOME / LIVING A MINIMALIST LIFE Absolutely not! Another myth perpetuated by the TV decluttering programmes and organisational ‘experts’. If you REALLY want to live in a show home or live a minimalist life then I am not the person to help you do that. Not…

I’LL ONLY SUCCESSFULLY CLEAR ALL MY CLUTTER IF SOMEONE COMES TO MY HOME TO HELP ME Lots of people believe this myth, not just because the TV programmes make us believe it, but also because people somehow think that it’s going to magically be easier to clear their clutter and make decisions if someone’s in…

I JUST NEED HELP TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG CLUTTER – THEN I’LL BE ABLE TO KEEP IT CLEAR We’ve all told ourselves this a thousand times because we’re not ready to accept that we’re not going to clear our clutter forever quickly or easily. When you find yourself thinking this ask yourself: When you’ve had…

MYTH YOU CAN CLEAR YOUR CLUTTER QUICKY IF YOU JUST HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH IT AND DECIDE WHAT TO KEEP AND WHAT TO GET RID OF If that were true, then you wouldn’t be reading this now. You’d have set aside ‘enough’ time and you’d have gone through your clutter deciding what to…

MYTH YOU SHOULD KEEP EVERYTHING IN YOUR CLUTTER BECAUSE YOU CAN / WANT TO USE IT You almost certainly have most of your clutter because you believed this myth in the past. This is probably the biggest myth we tell ourselves when we struggle with clutter, and its’ the myth that will keep you trapped…

MYTH I DON’T NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE MY CLUTTER I JUST NEED TO CLEAR IT If only this were true. If only we could dive in the deep end – or start in our biggest, must cluttered room or area – and ‘just’ clear it once and for all. I suspect you’ve already…