- 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.
- Clutter is anything in your home or office that does not serve a purpose or function in your life anymore.
- Clutter may include items in your home that are broken or nonfunctional.
- Clutter may be material items in your home that you do not need or love.
- Clutter could also include unnecessary duplicate items in your home.
- You
may be surprised to realize that having too many storage containers
that aren't actually be used in your home may add to your existing
clutter problem. That is the main reason it may be suggested that you
declutter your home "first." Then, it should be easy to figure out
exactly how many storage boxes to buy and specific sizes you may need.
- Clutter could also consist of accumulated items of trash to be thrown away or removed in an appropriate manner.
