Slaying the clutter demons-it's never over!

As someone who is a bit of a neat freak, I fight daily against the demons of clutter.  It probably roots back to my childhood when my parents moved us so often that we didn't bother unpacking things from boxes.I remember the stress of waking up and seeing boxes towering over me. Of course they didn't tower but that's what the stress does.  It makes small things seem larger and insurmountable.In my adulthood,  I've learned to appreciate simplicity and space.   Living spaces to me are only relaxing if they are relatively free of clutter and stuff that doesn't belong somewhere else.  I'm keen on visual noise and things staring at me screaming "MOVE ME TO MY RIGHTFUL PLACE!"It's never easy though.  You have to fight daily against the demons of clutter.  It goes in stages.  Here is a rundown of what you'll encounter:

   
1. See a huge mess and realize you have a problem
   
2. Deal with said problem but before you're done the problem has gotten larger!
   
3. Come up with organization system and places for everything
   
4. Realize your hiding places are overflowing and just storing junk
   
5. Empty out your hiding places and find yourself back at #1.

Something about our way of life really enables clutter to build up and take over our lives and living spaces.  I look at clutter as the cholesterol of our lives.  It clogs up our homes and minds and prevents us from doing what we really should be doing if we had freedom from stuff.We all struggle with this.  Some of us are at step #1 above and some of us are at step #3.  Nonetheless it's a daily battle like any other disease.

Where are you in the battle of clutter? Do tell...

Hat tip: 8 ways to kill clutter

• 21 September 2009
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