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What leads to clutter?
In a previous post on Dec 12th, I talked about the cost of a messy desk, and how clutter was an energy drain. At the time, I had cleaned up my desk and was feeling rather good about it. 
Three weeks later, I want to contemplate on why keeping our space de-cluttered is such a struggle for some of us whereas others keep their houses and desks perpetually tidy. Are they a superior race of beings?
We all agree less clutter is better. Yet there also seems to be a common stereotype of the distracted intellectual with books and piles of papers all over her den. Somehow her ultra busy mental life takes so much of her attention that she doesn’t notice her physical surroundings. Not inferior at all, just too much in her head.
My own experience and observation agrees with the fact that clutter is a sign that we need to ground ourselves more. Knowing how to ground ourselves is often a bit of a challenge, and de-cluttering gives us a practical, simple answer, though it’s not always easy to do.
I’ve observed another personality factor leading to clutter: being more of a starter than a finisher.
Some people like the early stages of an idea. They often have varied interests and start a lot of projects. Once they’ve taken them beyond a certain point, they lose interest and move on to the next thing, often abandoning the first project’s physical remnants: papers, files, boxes, books, tools, utensils, etc.
Their plan is to come back to it and finish it off later, but later doesn’t come early enough, if ever. That of course creates a number of problems including clutter, which eventually chokes their space physically and energetically and blocks their creativity, often without them realizing what happened.
I’ll have more to say about “starters” in the next post, but for now, you can find interesting thoughts and tips on clutter at Paula Harvey’s recent post on the subject: Warning Signe of Clutter: How to Create Space
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Hi Helene,
All of this article is definitely true. It’s so easy to let the paper pile up. I have always secretly suspected that the people with totally clutter-free homes don’t read. Reading material and paperwork pile the most.
Thanks much!