Why Do You Think Our Homes Accumulate Clutter?

• Clutter may be caused be delayed decisions.

• You haven't taken the time to decide on appropriate areas to keep your specific items in your home.

• Procrastination: maybe you feel overwhelmed about organizing or decluttering your house.

• You may be experiencing that frustrating "all or nothing" feeling about home organization. For example: you may think to yourself, "I will never have enough time to get my organizing projects done. There is just too much to do. So, why should I even start?"

• Maybe, you have a very busy family schedule and you haven't been using a good weekly/monthly planner for routine chores/tasks in the home.

• Possibly, the family doesn't realize your home organization goals and you may get easily distracted with many interruptions throughout the day. It may be very helpful for you to communicate your short-term and long-term organizing goals with your family. You may decide to have family members participate in your plan. This may be especially important in helping to keep your home maintained after you have everything set up the way you like it.

• You may have felt the lack of energy or motivation to complete organizing projects in the past.

• Often times, a major lifestyle change may cause a change in the normal flow of organization in your home. Here are a few examples: a birth or a death in the family, new marriage or a divorce, job relocation, or health problems.