Simply..clutter creep....

26/7/2016

I breathe more easily when my space is uncluttered. This table right now has nine things on it, the side cupboard eight, the red desk seven...I can feel a clutter clear coming on.

It just quietly creeps in when I am not paying attention....

Do you find this too?

18 Comments

cathy

26/7/2016 01:35:32 pm

what a beautiful vase of greens!

I'm in the middle of re-decluttering...again. it's amazing how things creep into the house. I try hard not to be complicit, but there it is, on table tops & in drawers...a bunch of 'stuff' & I need to get it out.

Freda

27/7/2016 01:24:36 pm

You can do it Cathy!

Lotta link

26/7/2016 01:40:28 pm

Oh Freda, your picture has just inspired me to get stuck in again with de-cluttering/kondoing. I need that clear space!
Clutter has crept into my house and my head while I wasn't looking and taken over both... I wonder which happens first? A bit of a vicious circle I think. Time for a virtuous circle...

I think the question I shall be asking myself when I'm in two minds about keeping something is - 'do I want this more than I want clear space?'

Freda

27/7/2016 01:25:32 pm

The perfect question!

Linda

26/7/2016 03:21:36 pm

Being short on cupboard space, I have nowhere to put away as many things as I would really like out of sight. It's not actually too untidy, just a bit full, if that makes sense, and whilst I love the idea of minimalist living, I'm not sure I could actually live like that!

Freda

27/7/2016 01:27:49 pm

It is knowing what level of 'fullness' you are happy living with isn't it Linda.

Lucille link

27/7/2016 12:10:50 am

26 things on this table! Many of them having absolutely no business being there but firmly rooted as if by Divine right. A pair of dice? A yellow button? A rusty pin? A Field Marshall Right Honourable Lord Roberts button that I found in the garden? What does this say about me?

Freda

27/7/2016 01:30:32 pm

Maybe it says you are a curious, interested, magpie-like gambler/knitter/seamstress? :-)

swissrose link

27/7/2016 03:15:18 am

Yes!
I never want to see a greetings card again or spend money on one after clearing out 50 years' worth from my granny's house (even though they are also a document of how well-loved she is!) :o
And after having some very old furniture that I love re-upholstered, some other things are going to have to go... it's ruthless time!

Plus, 7 days away and you come home with a different view of it so lots to be done here.

Freda

27/7/2016 01:32:56 pm

50 years worth!! Help - how long did that take and did you feel obliged to read them all? Purge time here too.

Gareth Rae link

27/7/2016 03:59:07 am

My house is a temple to clutter. Sufficient to reduce Marie Kondo to a quivering wreck! Sometimes it bothers me. Most of the time I just ignore it. But I am planning to have another declutter this summer holiday. Wish me luck. I'm going to need it.

Freda

27/7/2016 01:34:23 pm

I do wish you luck. Will you re-read Marie Kondo before you start? That always motivates me..and makes me smile while I do it.

cath

27/7/2016 04:35:20 am

Over the past week I have experienced (again) that it works both ways: not only a clutterfree space quiets a restless mind but also a restless mind - whatever it is occupied with; be it worry or pain attracts clutter in a major way.
I rather not count the items on my desk today. The same desk I managed to keep totally empty for months. Just one implant and that was changed thoroughly.
Let's clutter clear.

Freda

27/7/2016 01:35:38 pm

Lets! (Hope the mouth is ok now.)

Mary

27/7/2016 06:53:49 am

In a beach vacation home at the moment with children and grandchildren. The top floor of the house overlooks the ocean and has a very large, many windowed, open space for living room, dining room and kitchen which is great for socializing but I find myself constantly picking up and straightening things--especially grandchildren's toys. Not obsessively, but just trying to keep a little bit of order amidst the (good) chaos.

Freda

27/7/2016 01:36:39 pm

Oh there is good clutter just as there is good chaos - enjoy what sounds like a wonderful holiday!

Sarah link

29/7/2016 02:38:44 am

I love the space, it's been quite uncluttered here this week but our daughter is returning from a camping holiday later so it will look very different later! Sarah x

Freda

29/7/2016 01:18:20 pm

I bet her things come under 'good clutter' Sarah.

Simply..clutter creep....

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