Presence Over Presents

“I’ve tried telling my in-laws that we have more than everything we need and that we would really appreciate experience gifts this year, but judging by the boxes they just unloaded from the back of their trunk I take it they did not listen.” With the holiday’s fast...

Your Stuff Doesn’t Love You Back

Clutter often appears when we give into false notions of lack. We then try to compensate for these feelings of lack by bringing MORE into our homes. That initial dopamine kick we get out of buying something new and bringing it home leads us to believe that whatever...

Physical Effects of Clutter

It may or may not come as a surprise that disorganization not only affects your outer world, but can create a physical manifestation in your inner world as well. A recent study found that families who had more clutter and disorganization and unfinished projects in...

How Clutter is Made

Clutter embodies things that are in excess, overlooked, unloved or simply in the wrong place. Even mismatched colors in a space can be perceived as clutter in our minds. If we have a beautiful, natural-tone color scheme in a room, and then throw in some brightly...