1. Clutter bombards your minds with excessive stimuli (visual, olfactory, tactile), causing your senses to work overtime.
2. Clutter distracts us by drawing our attention away from what you need to be focusing on.
3. Clutter makes it more difficult to relax, both physically and mentally.
4. Clutter constantly signals to your brain that your work is never done.
5. Clutter makes you anxious because you’re never sure what it’s going to take to get through to the bottom of the pile.
6. Clutter creates feelings of guilt (“I should be more organized”) and embarrassment, especially when others unexpectedly drop by our homes or work spaces.
7. Clutter inhibits creativity and productivity by invading the open spaces that allow you to think, brainstorm, and problem solve.
8. Clutter frustrates you by preventing you from locating what you need quickly (e.g. files and paperwork lost in the “pile” or keys swallowed up by the clutter).