KARACHI: Conquering clutter to bring peace of mind
KARACHI, Sept 30: Keeping and hoarding unnecessary things at your home, kitchen, office and garage is called clutter, and it make one living confused and unorganized. Conquering clutter would not only give your house, kitchen, desk or garden a cleaner, neater and organized look but bring a lot of peace of mind to you.
Four main categories of clutter are: things you do not use or love, things that are untidy or disorganized, too many things in too small a place, and anything unfinished.
Clutter can make a person feel cluttered and, therefore less able to put things into proper perspective, or prioritize important tasks. Clutter can wreak havoc on 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.
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 guestroom.
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.
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? —PPI
