Clutter has a big mouth. It not just speaks volume about your personality but you pay a heavy cost if you are surrounded by it. Clutter is expensive, not just financially but it also effects your life holistically as well. Every item you possess not only occupies space in your House or office but in your Mind as well. Imagine the deep impact clutter can have !!
Here are 5 Crucial costs you might be paying for being unorganized & cluttered –
1- Financial cost – Whenever you buy certain stuff that you do not use or that does not spark joy for you, there are certain expenses involved in it. Then next cost involved is the cost of space where you store it. In fact in India I have come across so many people who have multiple houses & they do not rent or let out these houses, neither do they live in them. Rather they are just used as storage spaces for extra stuff which they are neither willing to let go nor using regularly.
2- Time cost – Every item that you have involves certain cost & time to store or organize it. The more the stuff, the greater is the time spent on this activity. According to NAPO, we spend 1 year of our lives looking for lost times. If you are not good at organizing you stuff, you are still losing time to search for these unorganized items. In fact, one source says getting rid of clutter could eliminate up to 40% of housework in the average household!
3- Mental Health & Well Being – Clutter leads to visual distraction. Our brain likes when everything is in order. Disorganization leads to distraction & reduced focus for our brains. Clutter can increase cortisol, the “stress hormone.” A study by UCLA found a link between a high density of household objects and elevated cortisol. Messy spaces signal the need for future cleaning, and the mental weight of knowing it needs to be addressed increases stress. Thus it has deep impact on our Mental health & well being.
4- Cost your Productivity & Focus – When you have too many things around you, your brain gets confused & looses focus.
5- Cost your Health – Recent studies have shown that people with overly cluttered homes are 77% more likely to be overweight or obese. Because a cluttered space can cause a cluttered mind leaving you feeling more stressed and unable to make healthy choices.
