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Children rooms (1) – the theory

27/9/2016

 
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Children have a different approach to their living spaces, and aren’t we all aware of it! While our kids are as diverse in their approach to clutter as adults tend to be, there are a number of unique issues that crop up in their rooms when it comes to clutter. For one thing, when you start decluttering your child’s room you have to understand the difference between a play space and a living space.

You may be familiar with this concept from your own experience: think ‘crafting corner’, ‘tool shed’, ‘sewing room’ or ‘man cave’… whichever you choose, those are what I would call play spaces. They are meant to be used for a particular activity and the rules to what is considered clutter-free and organised can be very different from your living room, kitchen or home office. For one thing it is much more acceptable to leave things lying around that you intend to use again to finish an ongoing project.


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Toxic environments: the way we perceive things

23/9/2016

 
“I wish that I had let myself be happier.”

This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.


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One thing about us humans that surprises me time and time again is the effect that habits and complacency have on our ability to make changes. If you live your life like I have for most of my life, you will often take things to be unchangeable. Enduring a daily commute to work even though you really, really hate it and resent the thought of going through it again tomorrow. Having to relocate a hundred toys every single day because your kids won’t do it after they finished playing. Looking for your keys, papers, work utensils every time you step out to get your day started. Falling out with the neighbours over their constant barbeques with lots of smoke, smells and noise.


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Physical side-effects of clutter

19/9/2016

 
So far, we have concerned ourselves mostly with practical implications of clutter and looked at how to limit intake, manage the contents of your home, and how to get rid of things in a positive and empowering way. There are other considerations to clutter, though, and some of them can be pretty grim.

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Safety hazard
For one thing, clutter can form a safety hazard in any household: a corridor with books, papers, boxes and the like piled high against one or both walls will create serious limits to mobility and is prone to collapse at some point, especially if items are being removed from the lower part of the piles. People have been found dead under collapsed piles of clutter more often than you would want to imagine! Just having clutter sitting in often used passages forms a tripping hazard! Imagine someone already has limited mobility trying to navigate around objects that are sitting in the way every single time they pass by. You probably agree that it’s only a matter of time that that person will trip, get hurt or even break something in the process.


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Temporary home spots

14/9/2016

 
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I’ve mentioned the necessity for things to have a proper home of their own on more than one occasion. Imagine that you live in a place without an address: if your friends wanted to visit you they’d have to knock on every door to find you. They might know approximately where you are, but it would still be a huge waste of time and energy. The same goes for any of your items. You might find it in the end, because you have looked far too long in all the likely (and increasingly unlikely) places, but if it has a specific home (an ‘address’) you will find it directly.


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Clutter Hack: How (not) to shop

10/9/2016

 
“Think twice before you buy. Decide before you purchase anything where you are going to keep it and what you are going to use it for. If your answers to either of these questions are vague, then you are about to purchase clutter. Desist from buying.”

Karen Kingston
"Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui"


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One of the many reasons why our homes end up so full of stuff is because we have been conditioned early on to believe that ‘shopping’ is fun. Personally, I never understood that particular mantra and I believe this has saved me a lot of grief. It is a fact that whole advertising industries have been built trying to beat that particular belief into our brains. However, being infused with this idea is no excuse for accepting that ‘shop till you drop’ mentality. You are better than that and you know it!


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