clutter

With the arrival of spring, you may be due for a fresh start around the house. Better organization is a great way to do just that and a little organizing now can save a lot of stress and money in the seasons ahead. There are many smart, inexpensive organization products out there, but the first...

Clutter has taken over the American household. And I don't mean just the serious clutter that A&E features in TV shows about hoarders and storage lockers. The size of the average American home has grown by 53% in the past 30 years, up by 800 square feet to about 2,300 square feet. If that...

As fall creeps in and a chill takes over my house at night, I've been contemplating turning the gas furnace on for the first time. But oh, how I've been treasuring these $40 summer gas bills! Bet you have, too. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways you can turn the dial back to "middling" when it...

A recent survey of 5,000 nationally-representative adults, sponsored by NACHA, the National Automated Clearing House Association (a group of companies in the payments industry) asked the question: Why do people go paperless when it comes to receiving and paying their bills? The answers: It's...

Somewhere in the middle of 2008's great recession, one thing became painfully clear: 2009 will be a year of retrenchment, and for many people, one of 2009's first casualties will be clutter. All those various possessions that fill closets and make 4,000 square foot homes so necessary may start to...

When I was in the process of clearing out my house, I learned a lot about the psychology of junk. I am the first to admit that I'm not a trained psychologist, but I am a very good observer and, over the years, I've observed a lot of responses to clutter. It seems to me that resistance to getting...