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Defining Clutter

Ask your neighbor, friend, spouse, or child- what is clutter? They’d all give you a different answer. That is because the affect of clutter is different for each person and that in turn shapes a person’s view or definition of clutter. Dictionary.com describes clutter as a disorderly heap or assemblage. A state or condition of confusion. Confused noise; clatter.

In the organizing world, I tend to describe clutter in this way:

1. things you don’t use on a regular basis
2. things that encroach on your personal living space(thus affecting the way you live)
3. anything unfinished (projects one promises to get done but doesn’t)
4. an excess amount of things that aren’t needed (they might be useful but just unnecessary, i.e. 8 pairs of scissors, 40 sippy cups for your toddler)

How do you define clutter in your home or office? I’d like to know.

 

 

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