At some point in your life, you may have been faced with clutter that does not seem to lessen even though you perform a thorough cleaning at home. What does your clutter say about you and your personality? How can you get rid of clutter from the roots?
"The SOS Guide to Organize and Clean Your Home" revealed certain insights about what clutter may represent about a person and his or her personality, Psychology Today reported.
People are often clinging unto their routines and sticking with things that are familiar even though these are things that hinder growth. For an instance, a person who stays in an abusive relationship knows that it is not right, but do so out of fear of change and becoming alone.
Applying this to clutter, most people find it hard to let go of things that mark a certain chapter in their lives. These people know that certain things no longer serve their purpose, but because of its sentimental value, they refuse to throw them out to the trash.
The book also identified that containers may help you organize and keep the clutter hidden and tucked away, but it does not necessarily mean a good thing.
"The clutter problem is not resolved; it's just shifted to a different area of your home."
Given these instances, Minimalist Packrat shared several ways of cutting your clutter from its roots and stopping yourself from getting into the clutter treadmill trap.
According to the publication, a lot of people clear their clutter but they often find their homes looking no different from the way it was months ago.
It is, therefore, important to identify the root cause and source of clutter within yourself. Why are you causing too much clutter at home?
The outlet then identified different clutter personality types, ranging from those who cannot resist deals and sales on items that they don't really need (The Shopper Accumulator) to those who have multiple stocks of the same thing (The Multiplier).
Once you've found out your clutter personality type/s, you can then find a solution from there and eliminate clutter for the rest of your life.
