You can’t slice chicken for dinner and sort your bills at the same time, so when you come in the front door with a stack of mail, put it in the basket, box or whatever container you have handy for this purpose. If you can’t finish the mail, don’t start the mail. Martha Beck, life coach and author of Finding Your Own North Star As you consider each, ask yourself (1) Do I truly need it? (2) Do I truly adore it? and, (3) Would I trade inner peace for this? The answers can help curb your pack-rat impulses, allowing you to clear out and move on. With this in mind, walk into any room of your home and focus on 10 random objects. Empty space is more valuable-psychologically and physically-than almost any object. When I ask clients what they long for, the most common responses are “peace,” “space” and “freedom.” Clutter keeps us from achieving these goals, and we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars buying larger homes. Instead, use your powers of analysis to outwit the primitive logic of these phrases. Obeying these protests will keep you overstuffed and off balance forever. My clients’ top three are: “I have to go through those,” “Someone could use that,” and “But I need it!” Unless you use the object in question at least once a year, such righteous exclamations are actually symptoms of dysfunction. So, the first step to a clutter cure is to write down your favorite pack-rat phrases.
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