Clutter Clearing Blog

Let me guess.

You open the door / cupboard / drawer / box and are faced with a pile of clutter.

You instantly feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and have no idea where to start.​​

That's how I felt when I had my clutter challenge back in 2001.

I'd done precisely this on and off for 3 years with my clutter.

I just couldn't motivate myself to get on with it, and when I occasionally was feeling posit...

Making time and procrastination were two of my biggest challenges when I had my clutter challenge.

I procrastinated with dealing my clutter for 3 years before I finally faced up to it and dealt with it.

Like many clutterholics, I tried to convince myself that my problem was not enough time.

When the weekend blitz's didn't work I gave up making time to do my decluttering, and procrastination set...

Maybe you've even paid a lot of money for someone to come to your home for a day or more to 'help' you have a blitz on your clutter and get organised.​​​

If I had a penny for every client who has at least 1 book from a TV programme or some 'expert' in amongst their clutter, I'd be a very rich person by now....!

If only we could buy the book, watch the TV programmes or have someone come to our ho...

Did you know there are different types of clutterholics?

You are not alone.

Many people think that if you're not as bad as the people you see on TV decluttering programmes - the hoarders - then your clutter isn't that bad.

When I had my clutter challenge and overcame it in 2001 I started helping other clutterholics to clear their clutter by sharing the process I had used.

I started to notice t...

Did you know there are 7 ways that you can deal with your Clutter?

Thanks to the TV programmes about decluttering and hoardings, many people incorrectly assume there are only a few ways to deal with a clutter problem, but that's not true.

Scroll through the 7 options listed below that are actually available to you.

Option 1 - Do Nothing FREE!

You could of course do nothing and just hope that -...

Didn't know there are 7 things you need to be aware of when you declutter?

You are not alone.

Discovering the Concepts ​

When time Clare Baker, Founder of Clutter Clearing had her clutter challenge and started modelling people who were clutter free to work out how to clear her clutter for good, she discovered there were 7 Concepts that were crucial to success - many of which clutter free and or...

1. Are you ready to try something very different to what you’ve tried before? ​

Most people start a Clutter Clearing Journey with Clare's help after having tried other methods and solutions to their Clutter Challenge: Storage Solutions, Organisers, Self Storage etc. ​ When you start your Clutter Clearing Journey with Clare you need to have an open mind to trying a different method to everything y...

'What is it?' I hear you say.....

It's when people consider small rewards NOW as more desirable than big rewards LATER.

How can it sabotage our Clutter Clearing Journey?

It can do several things. It can explain why we:

impulse buy things as small rewards or treats to ourselves NOW, even though we know we need to stop these to achieve our big reward of a Clutter Free Home LATER.

allow ourselve...

Ever feel ashamed of your clutter?

Ever wish it would just all disappear over night and be gone once and for all?

Feel as though people are or would judge you if they knew about your clutter?

Good.

I can confirm that you are normal and living in the real world.

For some reason, admitting that we struggle with keeping the clutter under control and feel overwhelmed and stuck as a result is not ...

This article is by Mark Anastasi http://www.laptopmillionaire.tv 

Clare's comments: This article, written in 2012, could as easily be applied to people's internet, social media and mobile / cell phone use today.

According to A.C. Nielsen, the average American watches 3 hours and 46 minutes of TV each day. That represents more than 52 days of non-stop TV-watching per year.

By age 65 the aver...