Research has shown that there is a downside to living and working with too much clutter. It can cause emotional stress, conflict between household members, and distraction. Clutter can waste time and money. It can affect indoor air quality and increase accidental falls and trip hazards! On a positive note, there is also research that […]
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Is Your Stuff Creating Stress?
I have a confession to make. I keep a lot of stuff – things that may come in handy “someday.” But in truth, the majority of my possessions are rarely, if ever, used. And I’m not alone. Americans like to shop for, receive, own, collect, display, and store things. And when we tire of the […]
Procrastination = Pain in the Purse
Note to self: It doesn’t pay to put off replacing things because you want to wait until they actually break or go bad. You might justify to yourself that you are trying to get every last ounce of usefulness out of an object before you replace it, but that gamble sometimes comes back to bite […]
Christmas and Clutter
Have you ever watched the show “Hoarders” on TV? Hoarding is a serious behavior issue that affects between 700,000 and 1.4 million people in the United States. It is defined by the Mayo Clinic as the “excessive collection of items, along with the inability to discard them.” Many of us are not in that advanced […]