Clutter Types

When it comes to clearing out the clutter in your home or office, you may run into the following clutter types. See if you can recognize the type of clutter you are dealing with:

Physical Clutter ~ Any excess physical clutter in your home, office or life that prevents you from finding what you need, when you need it.

Environmental Clutter ~ Stuff that should be recycled or taken to a toxic waste facility, you just haven't gotten around to it yet!

Mental Clutter ~ This is the clutter in your head that makes you feel like there is way too much to do and not enough time to do it! It prevents you from thinking clearly and making quick rational decisions.

Sentimental Clutter ~ Items which evoke memories of people, places or things in the past that you just can't let go of, even though the memory is more important than the object.

Compulsive Clutter ~ Compulsive shoppers cannot pass up a bargain and end up buying multiples of things they don't need because "it was on sale!".

Rainy Day Clutter ~ Things you keep because “it might be useful someday!”

Hidden Clutter ~ The clutter in boxes or in storage you pretend doesn’t exist because you can't see it!

Unfinished Clutter ~ Projects, books, or crafts you start but never finish (and leave sitting out so you will remember to do it!)

No matter how much you ignore it, avoid it, or try to live around it, clutter doesn't just disappear. Discovering what type of clutter you are hanging on to and why can be the first step to eliminating it once and for all!