The focus on clutter is significantly helpful when there are deeper, darker issues at hand. Clutter camouflage is protection against focusing on current challenges that are too difficult to resolve and cause emotional pain. Let’s face it the big things in life are not “stuff.” The big things in life are good health, peace, and, most of all, love. You and your family are the most precious aspects of your life. Also, each child is a full-time job, so when clutter piles up, don’t beat yourself up or put yourself down.
Also, learning a quick strategy to put things out of sight is essential for spontaneous guests or fun activities.
Here are some quotes from my book The Clutter Remedy: A Guide To Getting Organized For Those Who Love Their Stuff
You deserve to live a life of grandeur, a carefree life even when you want to keep all the things you love.
Marla Stone
Someone who over collects can feel threatened by the decluttering process and refuse to go along or participate.
Marla Stone
Symbolizing your belongings is a great way to evaluate if what you’ve collected is helping you achieve what you want out of life and understand what they represent to you on a deeper level.
Marla Stone
But when precious things are neglected, could it mean you are symbolically failing yourself, your goals, and the things you truly value in life? Notice if objects you have forgotten about or lost in drawers symbolize a lost or forgotten part of yourself. Remember, your inner self has all the answers,
Marla Stone
You’re constantly changing every single second of your life, and your space is continually evolving as well. Part of that reflects the cycles and patterns of life, like seasonal changes, and part of that is about the flow and energy.
Marla Stone
The momentum of your goals and desires is of utmost importance when it comes to your well-being. You will always seek to better yourself and identify how your values change to achieve your ideal life. Self-discovery is a never-ending journey.
Marla Stone
Achieving perpetual organization means, first, clarifying your values and ideal life, and then clearing and organizing your space to support that life. Who you are is, in many ways, reflected by the stuff you keep: the memorabilia, collections, photos, books, furniture, clothing, knickknacks, tools, sporting goods, artwork, and all your worldly goods. So taking care of your things is part of how you take care of yourself; your valuable, treasured belongings deserve respect and appreciation.
Marla Stone
I encourage you to continually seek to know yourself, your space, and your stuff to understand and realize what still supports your ideal life. Then realign to restore the organized state that you achieved, and reinvent your space regularly, so it is always organized in the way that best suits you. And you can declutter all in good time to free up your life.
Marla Stone
Everything that you own deserves a home where it gets to live permanently and to be with like items. Stuff Matters, and matter does matter! When you take care of the objects you own, whether in your home or office, it reflects how you treat yourself and others. Love yourself, love what you buy, love what you keep, and honor what you love and cherish by treating yourself and your things in a respectful, responsible manner.
Marla Stone
Parting with objects representing our earlier life or former self can be very hard since we fear losing those memories.
Marla Stone
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