The article starts with the lack of need to organise digital photos, and ends: "Instead of trying so hard to get organised or decluttered, you could try asking: how much of your disorganisation could you afford to stop caring about?" A good question, with different answers for different situations. I offer some random thoughts...
1. Too much stuff in too little space
2. Inherited items: wanted or not?
3. Items that are needed but have nowhere to "live"
4. Disorganisation that leads to needed items not being findable
5. Unnecessary purchase of duplicates
6. Mess (controlability of)
7. Visual clutter vs mental clutter
8. Must drawers and cupboards be organised, if others never open them?
9. Houseproud friends (competitiveness with)
10. Things kept "just in case"
11. The coldness of bare white walls (fear of)
12. "Afford" = money value only?
13. The legacy of one's mother's attempts to keep everything in order
14. The energy in "stuff" and the way it wears you down
And I (bravely?) present the clutter that has accumulated at the end of the table -
2 comments:
I agree, it 'makes you feel better' - getting rid of stuff you don't need and suddenly having more space even if just temporarily, also finding interesting or useful long lost items. I always feel far more relaxed in my home when it's tidy and I know where things are. Not that I'm very successful at keeping it that way!
Oh clutter!!!
Think for me it depends. I find it can overwhelm. When I go home my partners clutter ( in every room but the bedroom interestingly) overwhelms and in fact almost intimidates. I fell I have no right to the space. Here st my home from home I try to keep a lid on it not least because I have regular house guests! But you should see my studio. And when I'm working it just gets out of control!!!
And then it prevents me working so efficiently.
Oh, the dilemma!
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