Are you really a Clutterer?

• Do you have more possessions or items in your life than you can handle comfortably?
• Do you find it difficult to dispose of many things, even those you haven't used in years?
• Do you rent storage space to house items you never use?
• Do you spend time looking for things that are hard to find because of all the clutter?
• Do you find it easier to drop something than to put it away, or to wedge an object into an overcrowded drawer or closet rather than find space for it?
• Do you collect things to give to others?
• Do you bring things into your house without establishing a place for them?
• Is your clutter causing problems in your relationships?
• Are you embarrassed to have visitors because your home is never presentable?
• Do you hesitate sharing about this problem because you are ashamed of your cluttering?
• Are you constantly doing for others while your own home is out of order?
• Do you miss deadlines or abandon projects because you can't find the paperwork or material to finish the work?
• Do you sometimes get buried in details, making projects take much longer than is really necessary?
• Do you procrastinate about cleaning up because you believe you must do it perfectly or you won't do it at all?
• Are you easily side-tracked, moving from one project to another without finishing any of them?
• Do you have problems with time management and estimating how long it takes to do things?
• Do you believe there is all the time in the world to clean your house, finish those projects, and read all those piles of old magazines?
• Do you use distractions to escape from your clutter?
• Have you tried to clean up from time to time but find yourself unable to stick with it?
• Does the problem appear to be growing?

Here are some reasons:

Physical:

This is the behavior that results in the stacks, the piles, the objects, that fill our home, our car, our workplace, our world. Whether organized or strewn about, it is all so overwhelming. We find ourselves drowning in a sea of clutter. We have become owned by our possessions.

Emotional:

This is the fog we create in our heads -- resentments, unfinished thoughts, emotional baggage, daydreams, worries about the future, regrets about the past. Our mind is a constant spin, we lose today because our time is spent living in yesterday and tomorrow.

Spiritual:

This is the deep emptiness we feel inside -- the emptiness we compulsively try to fill by clinging to useless objects, non-productive ideas, meaningless activities, and unsatisfying relationships. I think perhaps that the most important reason to change is that it would make us happier.......just cleaning will not do it.....you must identify the reason you are a clutterer. I am not saying that you must become like me...my children always said my motto was "When in doubt THROW IT OUT!!!" I have a bad memory and I need to have a place for everything so I can find it. Love, Marti