Comments on: What’s Your Clutter Costing You? http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:47:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charlene Anderson http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Charlene Anderson Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:58:35 +0000 http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/#comment-68 Clutter makes me nervous and anxious. I hate knowing that there are piles of things hiding in the garage, drawers, on the kitchen counter, the nightstand, etc. I make a concerted effort to like the "one in---one out" rule AND throw away at least one useless thing a day. This helps my peace of mind considerably. To me, the mental stress clutter causes costs more than renting that storage locker. But that's just me. Clutter makes me nervous and anxious. I hate knowing that there are piles of things hiding in the garage, drawers, on the kitchen counter, the nightstand, etc. I make a concerted effort to like the “one in—one out” rule AND throw away at least one useless thing a day. This helps my peace of mind considerably. To me, the mental stress clutter causes costs more than renting that storage locker. But that’s just me.

]]> By: Brandie Kajino http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Brandie Kajino Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:06:38 +0000 http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/#comment-69 <p>Wow! It's always a difficult thing to lose someone you love and then have to deal with closure and their earthly possessions as well.<br /> In the Portland, Oregon Metro area, there is a company called DoughNation Services (http://www.doughnationservices.com) that has a wonderful service for this very purpose. They give you a wonderful report and paperwork for all of your items, and then find homes for them out in the community. You can choose the charity or they will take it where it is needed most. A wonderful way to honor someone is to "pay it forward"!</p> Wow! It’s always a difficult thing to lose someone you love and then have to deal with closure and their earthly possessions as well.
In the Portland, Oregon Metro area, there is a company called DoughNation Services (http://www.doughnationservices.com) that has a wonderful service for this very purpose. They give you a wonderful report and paperwork for all of your items, and then find homes for them out in the community. You can choose the charity or they will take it where it is needed most. A wonderful way to honor someone is to “pay it forward”!

]]> By: Melissa Michaels http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Melissa Michaels Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:53:05 +0000 http://www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com/whats-your-clutter-costing-you/#comment-70 <p>Hey Brandie--After a series of moves and deaths in our extended family over the past year, we ended up with TONS of extra STUFF. Our big house was busting at the seams, every nook and cranny filled with things that didn't even belong to us.</p> <p>As we are working on clearing out the excess from our garage and basement, we have found that we own 13 identical rose & flower sprays, 8 jugs of vitamin supplements for new plants, 6 Makita drills and two lawn edgers, and a never used stereo system, among a million other things. When you get so much stuff, you not only have to deal with the frustration of finding, organizing, maintaining (and funding) places to put it all, but you end up repurchasing things because you couldn't find what you needed.</p> <p>I am all for editing and simplifying your life so you can really enjoy what you love, have a beautiful home and not waste your life maintaining gadgets and other meaningless things. Thanks for the post.</p> Hey Brandie–After a series of moves and deaths in our extended family over the past year, we ended up with TONS of extra STUFF. Our big house was busting at the seams, every nook and cranny filled with things that didn’t even belong to us.

As we are working on clearing out the excess from our garage and basement, we have found that we own 13 identical rose & flower sprays, 8 jugs of vitamin supplements for new plants, 6 Makita drills and two lawn edgers, and a never used stereo system, among a million other things. When you get so much stuff, you not only have to deal with the frustration of finding, organizing, maintaining (and funding) places to put it all, but you end up repurchasing things because you couldn’t find what you needed.

I am all for editing and simplifying your life so you can really enjoy what you love, have a beautiful home and not waste your life maintaining gadgets and other meaningless things. Thanks for the post.

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