These piles of stuff are killing you!
Organizational hacks. Tiktok. Totes. Crates. Shelving. Decluttering. Minimizing.
It seems once you’ve “organized”, things just keep creeping back in. The piles start to stack. Clutter re-merges. The house is beginning to revert back to its messy baseline.
When you first moved in, it was going to be SOOOO organized. You had a plan and it was even going to be potentially enjoyable. But life happened and stuff accumulated. Then some more.
As realtors, we talk a lot about house and how they affect the family. It is scientifically proven that a cluttered environment leads to anxiety and stress.
We Americans do LOVE our stuff. But it is slowly making us unhappy.
I try to keep my home tidy, but even when my office desk is covered in stuff I have to clear it off to get refocused.
I’m not sure how, but it’s like our possessions zap our mental health.
Some of our clients have actually moved due to the fact that they have run out of space (upsizers). No amount of trips to the Container Store can help their situation. They have kids, pets, spouses and all their stuff to contend with.
Does stuff stress you out? It affects people more than others.
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