Ep 129: Mind-Blowing Clutter Statistics That Change Your Views on Stuff

11/30/22 • 26 min

Wannabe Clutter Free | Declutter, Organize, Calm the Chaos

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Tidy Home Academy - Empowering you to declutter and organize so you can have the tidy, happy home you crave. Discover how implementing the right systems can get your home clean and keep it that way.

Avalanche Declutter Challenge - Completely transform your home in just 30 days with this free challenge

Happier at Home Guide - 5 simple steps you can take today to tidy up, take back your sanity, and thrive at home.

Wannabe Minimalist Community - come join my private group filled with amazing people just like you who are on their journey toward minimalism and simplifying

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Decluttering is important for a lot of reasons, not just because of the effect it has on our mental well-being. More and more research is coming out about how clutter also has a significant impact on our wallets and our relationships.

We know clutter can lead to wasted money because it's usually one of the first reactions I hear when I help people go through their stuff. They look at all the money that was wasted on the items now in storage, heading to the donation center, or worse, headed for the landfill.

We also waste time (arguably our most precious asset) when we spend hours looking for misplaced items. I can't tell you how many times I lost my keys before I got organized!

But more than that, clutter can damage our relationships because it stresses us out so much. It's clear that decluttering is important not just for our happiness, but for our health and wellbeing as well.

If you didn’t realize that there is a clutter problem or you need a reason to declutter, then listen up to these clutter statistics. Be warned though...the statistics on clutter are a bit shocking, but I think that having this information can help us make better choices going forward.

This episode of Wannabe Minimalist will also help you discover:

How clutter affects your well-being
The numbers behind how much money is spent on stuff every year
What the stats say about our “lack” of space
The top 3 reasons why people have difficulties organizing their homes
The shocking amount of clothing Americans discard every second

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Links mentioned in this episode (some may be affiliate links):

Get more show notes and additional free resources at wannabeclutterfree.com/129

Discover my favorite resources here

Tidy Home Academy - Empowering you to declutter and organize so you can have the tidy, happy home you crave. Discover how implementing the right systems can get your home clean and keep it that way.

Avalanche Declutter Challenge - Completely transform your home in just 30 days with this free challenge

Happier at Home Guide - 5 simple steps you can take today to tidy up, take back your sanity, and thrive at home.

Wannabe Minimalist Community - come join my private group filled with amazing people just like you who are on their journey toward minimalism and simplifying

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We also waste time (arguably our most precious asset) when we spend hours looking for misplaced items. I can't tell you how many times I lost my keys before I got organized!

This episode of Wannabe Minimalist will also help you discover:

How clutter affects your well-being
The numbers behind how much money is spent on stuff every year
What the stats say about our “lack” of space
The top 3 reasons why people have difficulties organizing their homes
The shocking amount of clothing Americans discard every second

**********************

Music:

Fresh Lift by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Happy by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial

Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0

Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/Happy-MBB

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/g6swHZbWtRc

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Previous Episode

Ep 128: How to Clear Away High Emotional Clutter with The Declutter Hub

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Get more show notes and additional free resources at wannabeclutterfree.com/128

Discover my favorite resources here

Tidy Home Academy - Empowering you to declutter and organize so you can have the tidy, happy home you crave. Discover how implementing the right systems can get your home clean and keep it that way.

Avalanche Declutter Challenge - Completely transform your home in just 30 days with this free challenge

Happier at Home Guide - 5 simple steps you can take today to tidy up, take back your sanity, and thrive at home.

Wannabe Minimalist Community - come join my private group filled with amazing people just like you who are on their journey toward minimalism and simplifying

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Decluttering in an emotional minefield. Some things are easy to declutter and we can move through the process quickly at times. Then there are other items that we just cannot bring ourselves to let go of even if that item is

broken
not functional
ugly according to everyone else
not monetarily valuable

There’s an emotional reason we’re holding onto it and it takes much longer for us to sort through these things and purge.

My guests on the podcast today are skilled in this area because they’ve been professional organizers and declutterers for over 12 years.

Ingrid Jansen and Lesley Spellman are the team behind The Declutter Hub.

Lesley describes herself as the more impulsive one of the team. She likes to jump right in to see how things go - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but she is a firm believer in learning from your mistakes and always trying to keep moving forward in life.

Ingrid is a cheese, cycling and pancake loving Dutch mum of 2 teens. She calls herself the list maker of the team and enjoys talking to everyone all the time.

They’ve seen a lot and are here to help.

This episode of the Wannabe Minimalist Show will also help you discover:

What to do when decluttering is hard
How to declutter with kids
Tips for setting up house rules for cleaning and organizing
Ideas for getting your spouse on board

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Music:

Fresh Lift by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Happy by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial

Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0

Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/Happy-MBB

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/g6swHZbWtRc

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Next Episode

Ep 130: Time Management Tips for Chronically Busy People with Risa Williams

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Discover my favorite resources here

Tidy Home Academy - Empowering you to declutter and organize so you can have the tidy, happy home you crave. Discover how implementing the right systems can get your home clean and keep it that way.

Avalanche Declutter Challenge - Completely transform your home in just 30 days with this free challenge

Happier at Home Guide - 5 simple steps you can take today to tidy up, take back your sanity, and thrive at home.

Wannabe Minimalist Community - come join my private group filled with amazing people just like you who are on their journey toward minimalism and simplifying

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The holidays are a super busy time of year. Not only is another year winding down, there are additional expectations of holiday festivities, decorations, school functions, travel, parties to attend, gifts to purchase, and everything else we put on ourselves from November through December.

One of the best ways to deal with the extra pressure of the holiday season is to have good time management. This ensures you can properly plan and follow through with your plans instead of pressing out, getting overwhelmed, and missing the joy all around you.

My guest this week on Wannabe Minimalist is well versed in helping chronically busy people, like us parents, with time management - not just at the holidays, but throughout the whole year too.

Risa Williams is a book author, licensed therapist, and time management coach.

She's the author of the self-help book series, The Ultimate Toolkits for Psychological Wellbeing, which includes: The Ultimate Anxiety Toolkit, The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit, and The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit.

She's also the host of The Motivation Mindset Podcast, which features productivity tools and examples of how they work in real life. She's been featured in Forbes Magazine, Business Insider, Parade Magazine, Real Simple, Wired Magazine, and HuffPost, and she writes articles for Breathe Magazine.

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