Clutter can wreak havoc in a household. It can turn even the easiest of tasks into monumental chores, and causes unnecessary stress. We live with clutter, and even make excuses for it. We play the clutter shuffle game, moving the mess from one spot to another, vowing to someday get organized.

“I might need that someday! I’m going to use it eventually. Someday these clothes will come back into style. It just needs to be fixed.” These are all common pack rat excuses for why they cannot throw anything out. Clutter can start out as a small problem, a pile of magazines, or a messy basement, but it grows over time until it is an intolerable situation.

Time To Clean House!

Taking control of the clutter in your life can seem like a daunting task. The thought of organizing your whole house, or even one room, can seem overwhelming. Clutter accumulates gradually over time, and can be conquered in the same way, if you stay committed to the task at hand.

First, you need to face the reality that clutter is not adding anything to your life. In fact, it is probably taking things away from your life. Attics that are used to store clutter can be put to better use as a loft that can be used as an everyday escape room, or a guest room. Basements are much better when used as rec rooms, rather than “wreck” rooms, and wouldn’t it be wonderful to actually use your garage to park your car in?

Clutter Means Guaranteed Loss

Clutter is a sure way to guarantee the loss of time, space, money and even some of the clutter itself! Once you have allowed clutter to take control of your life, it is impossible to keep track of things. The car keys that you just put down, or the important school paper that little Johnny needs signed seem to disappear like socks in the dryer, being swallowed up by the black hole of clutter in your house. How much time a day do you spend searching for items through the piles of clutter around your house?

Clutter also needs cleaning. On a beautiful spring day, clutter lovers are stuck inside the house dusting, wiping and scrubbing their clutter, when they could be outside enjoying the sunshine!

Stored items often get chewed by mice, mildewed, rusty, or ruined by heavier clutter being stored on top of it. Isn’t it nice to know that you are wasting space storing unusable items and materials for mice to make their nests in your house with?