![]() ![]() It weasels its way in when we are too busy to notice after a new baby arrived or a stressful new job started. When we are paralysed by grief after losing a loved one or incapacitated by illness. It hijacks our home when we are distracted and can’t defend ourselves. The #1 reason why clutter keeps invading our homesĬlutter is sneaky. May it help us both to declutter for a simpler, happier life. And I think “I should really declutter the garage”. And every time I sit down for a well-deserved rest I feel guilty and embarrassed about the lack of progress. I worry that other people will judge me, I beat myself up for procrastinating. It condemns me for my weakness and it shames me for the ever increasing chaos, mess and dirt. Every day I enter the garage, it reminds me of my failure to declutter. So I shifted the problem from one area of the house to another. It's fair to say I resisted the idea of parting with our possessions. And I didn’t want to waste money by tossing out perfectly good, fit-for-purpose things. Most of it belonged to my husband and it didn’t feel right to get rid of it. I tend to get emotionally attached to lifeless objects and some items were treasured souvenirs of happy times. Room by room, I discarded junk we hadn’t used in years and items we had 4 of and only needed one.īut I couldn’t let go of most of our stuff. ![]() Then, about 9 months ago, I decluttered the house. Venue for enjoyable family snooker matches, organised tools storage and space to overwinter the garden furniture. ![]() Irrelevant, unimportant, inferior.Īnd it’s this devastating feeling of worthlessness that causes most of our clutter problems. We feel unworthy compared to others who “made it”. That we should work harder, be better and have more. So we live with the conviction that we aren’t good enough. And we never achieved the exceptional greatness and success required to “be somebody”. We can’t afford the lifestyle that would make us worthy in society’s eyes. Most of us aren’t famous, rich or “very important”. The more we achieve, the more we own and the more we can afford to buy, the higher our worth in society. We can earn worth by gaining qualifications, through a thriving career and exceptional beauty, riches or popularity. It teaches us that we are inherently worthless. You see, our society focusses on materialism, fame, prestige, wealth, competition, achievement and success. And it causes many common symptoms, such as social anxiety, negative thinking or self-doubt.Īs well as compulsive buying, hoarding and cluttering. Most people are affected by it to some degree. Why do we accumulate so much clutter? Why is it so hard to let go? And what is the best way to ban useless clutter once and for all?Īnd here is what I discovered. And I constantly think: “I should really declutter the garage”. I don’t know where to start, feel anxious at the thought of wading through the mountains of junk and dust. I attempted to declutter but the task is so overwhelming, so massive and unmanageable that it is suffocating me. It condemns me for my weakness and shames me for the ever increasing chaos, mess and dirt. And now the clutter is mocking me.Įvery day I enter the garage, it reminds me of my failure to declutter. Most of it belonged to my husband and I didn’t feel I had right to just bin it. Room by room, I discarded junk we hadn’t used in years and items we had four of and only really needed one.īut I couldn’t let go of most of our stuff. ![]() Organised tools storage and space to overwinter the garden furniture. Venue for enjoyable family snooker matches. ![]()
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