Comments on: Clutter: How It Can Save, Cost or Make You Money http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/08/22/clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Susan C. http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/08/22/clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money/#comment-100322 Susan C. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:37:28 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/08/22/101708_clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money.html#comment-100322 I always told myself I was creative until I heard about Clutterer's Anonymous. I get confused with my mess but it does help me get things done seeing them there. I belive the mess is s result of my creativeness. i am always working on severasl things at once. I have tried and still try to clean up but when I see really neat homes they look like showrooms and so uninviting. I have learned taht clutter and dirt do not have to be the same thing. The problem is trying to clean around all the projects. I do know where most of my stuff is ususally all though I have lost a thing or two. My parents were raised during the depression so we learned to use and reuse. We live in a very disposable society where very few people like hand-me-downs or old anything. How amny people are willing to drive a car 10 yrs. old? When it comes to getting married, marry someone who is not neat or a clutterer. Someone who can tolorate it but not make the situation go bad. There are those who are average. I always told myself I was creative until I heard about Clutterer’s Anonymous. I get confused with my mess but it does help me get things done seeing them there. I belive the mess is s result of my creativeness. i am always working on severasl things at once. I have tried and still try to clean up but when I see really neat homes they look like showrooms and so uninviting. I have learned taht clutter and dirt do not have to be the same thing. The problem is trying to clean around all the projects. I do know where most of my stuff is ususally all though I have lost a thing or two. My parents were raised during the depression so we learned to use and reuse. We live in a very disposable society where very few people like hand-me-downs or old anything. How amny people are willing to drive a car 10 yrs. old?

When it comes to getting married, marry someone who is not neat or a clutterer. Someone who can tolorate it but not make the situation go bad. There are those who are average.

]]> By: Jewelline Peoples http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/08/22/clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money/#comment-91841 Jewelline Peoples Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:28:09 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/08/22/101708_clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money.html#comment-91841 Great, if you want to live alone. But what happens if you get married? Or do you find a clutter person life youself? Great, if you want to live alone. But what happens if you get married? Or do you find a clutter person life youself?

]]> By: Debbie http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/08/22/clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money/#comment-91825 Debbie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:31:15 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/08/22/101708_clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money.html#comment-91825 I can't helping thinking you might want to store your glue guns in two different places. That way if you can't find one, you might still be able to find the other one. Or perhaps this incident scarred you for life and you will never forget where your glue guns are again! I like the definition of clutter as stuff you aren't using that's lying around rather than anything at all that's lying around. Taking things out and putting them away repeatedly can be very time consuming. For example, it's such a relief to have a corner dedicated to sewing, where you can leave a project out until it's finished, after years of using the dining room table and having to clean it up every night. And as a kid I was glad when Mom let us leave the Monopoly game out until we had finished it, even if we had to leave it for a while. The problem is when you have a lot of unfinished projects around that you're not going to get back to any time soon. This happens to me especially at work. I'll have a long-term project interrupted by a big project which is in turn interrupted by a short project, which is in turn interrupted by an urgent project, during which I have to stop and answer the phone. After a while, I should realize the sad truth that I am not getting back to my long-term project any time soon, and I should put those things away so I can get through my other things more quickly. I like your point that cluttered doesn't necessarily mean disorganized. And I like your point that different people work better in different environments. I once noticed that having a lot of moving boxes in my living room made me feel anxious and stressed. I like to have a pretty empty floor and mostly empty surfaces, to feel like I have space and like I don't have to be careful all the time. On the other hand, I also like to have walls and bulletin boards and shelves covered in things that I love. So I have some of each tendency. I can’t helping thinking you might want to store your glue guns in two different places. That way if you can’t find one, you might still be able to find the other one. Or perhaps this incident scarred you for life and you will never forget where your glue guns are again!

I like the definition of clutter as stuff you aren’t using that’s lying around rather than anything at all that’s lying around. Taking things out and putting them away repeatedly can be very time consuming. For example, it’s such a relief to have a corner dedicated to sewing, where you can leave a project out until it’s finished, after years of using the dining room table and having to clean it up every night. And as a kid I was glad when Mom let us leave the Monopoly game out until we had finished it, even if we had to leave it for a while.

The problem is when you have a lot of unfinished projects around that you’re not going to get back to any time soon. This happens to me especially at work. I’ll have a long-term project interrupted by a big project which is in turn interrupted by a short project, which is in turn interrupted by an urgent project, during which I have to stop and answer the phone. After a while, I should realize the sad truth that I am not getting back to my long-term project any time soon, and I should put those things away so I can get through my other things more quickly.

I like your point that cluttered doesn’t necessarily mean disorganized.

And I like your point that different people work better in different environments. I once noticed that having a lot of moving boxes in my living room made me feel anxious and stressed. I like to have a pretty empty floor and mostly empty surfaces, to feel like I have space and like I don’t have to be careful all the time. On the other hand, I also like to have walls and bulletin boards and shelves covered in things that I love. So I have some of each tendency.

]]> By: A Marino http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/08/22/clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money/#comment-91653 A Marino Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:05 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/08/22/101708_clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money.html#comment-91653 Some clutter is useful to have around. I always keep mileage diaries and older hand-made calendars from days gone by when I had an extremely hectic schedule. A month ago, I was working on a project of putting photos of many years ago into albums according to dates. If it had not been for the information that I meticulously kept, I would not have been able to finish the project. This article reminds me of how important it is to know who you are and what you are about. I get caught between wanting to get rid of as much as possible to knowing that there is a certain amount that we should keep even for sentimental reasons. I have come to the conclusion that that is what boxes and folders are for. You can put away todays papers that you can 't deal with just as long as you have an area that is good for only a week and then you have to decide what to do with them. Good article. Some clutter is useful to have around. I always keep mileage diaries and older hand-made calendars from days gone by when I had an extremely hectic schedule.

A month ago, I was working on a project of putting photos of many years ago into albums according to dates. If it had not been for the information that I meticulously kept, I would not have been able to finish the project.

This article reminds me of how important it is to know who you are and what you are about.

I get caught between wanting to get rid of as much as possible to knowing that there is a certain amount that we should keep even for sentimental reasons.

I have come to the conclusion that that is what boxes and folders are for. You can put away todays papers that you can ‘t deal with just as long as you have an area that is good for only a week and then you have to decide what to do with them.

Good article.

]]> By: Mike D. http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/08/22/clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money/#comment-91597 Mike D. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:53:02 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/08/22/101708_clutter-how-it-can-save-cost-or-make-you-money.html#comment-91597 "Clutter can also fuel creativity. Some of the most cluttered places I’ve seen are the homes of some of the most creative people I know." You may have that backwards,I think clutter is a byproduct of their creative minds.....too busy being creative to clean up the mess. I sell everything I don't need on ebay or craigslist. If I haven't used or worn something in 2 yrs it is "very unlikely" I need it. Paying to store clutter is a billion dollar business and most of what people store is less valuable than a years storage fees. I am the extreme side as I do not save ANYTHING...but there is some middle ground. People who say "I may need this someday" are the ones with scary attics and basements. “Clutter can also fuel creativity. Some of the most cluttered places I’ve seen are the homes of some of the most creative people I know.” You may have that backwards,I think clutter is a byproduct of their creative minds…..too busy being creative to clean up the mess. I sell everything I don’t need on ebay or craigslist. If I haven’t used or worn something in 2 yrs it is “very unlikely” I need it. Paying to store clutter is a billion dollar business and most of what people store is less valuable than a years storage fees. I am the extreme side as I do not save ANYTHING…but there is some middle ground. People who say “I may need this someday” are the ones with scary attics and basements.

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