Hi Linda, Great article. I have a solution to the dining room table clutter everyone seems to have. ( I used to until I had to use a little discipline ) Seems like that's a good spot to unload all mail. So, just don't ! When the mail is brought in, stand by a trash can and immediately open them and discard the unwanted mail. Put the other in an inbox mail container. But, don't forget to sit down and pay your bills from it in time. You'll be surprised at what this one little act can accomplish. Makes you feel proud of an accomplishment and helps keep the dining room table clear! One job finished! Sounds like we've all been there.....lol Your friend......Pat

Hello Linda, I have been thinking about this for quite sometime now. Don't know where to start and then when I do, I stop and it goes right back to the way it was. Why??? Well the others in the house don't stick to the rules. This was great. Really enjoyed reading this. A big Thank you to Jill for sending me here. Your Friend,

Hi, Linda, What a horrifying person Stephanie Roberts is. Is she for real? I love my clutter. It enables me to feel at ease with my surroundings. With my clutter I do not feel a regimented and febrile jerk having to consider appearance before comfort. With my clutter I can relax and enjoy life. My friends can visit with no fear of upsetting anything. My dogs, which are mobile clutter, are never in danger of being chastised because their presence, instead of enriching my life, will create disharmony in the universe and cause me to suffer the sort of grief that only the clutter-free can possibly suffer. What is it with people that they must make a science of the most mundane of subjects and theorise how they can use their new science to sell books and make people feel inferior? What a fabulous place my apartment is for my grandchildren. They never know what will be in the next little heap that they play in. It could be a CD. a book, a comic or that elusive crayon box they were looking for last time they visited. My grandchildren, I suppose, are also mobile clutter but I wouldn't be without them! Clutter is exciting! Clutter is fun! Clutter is the debris of a contented life. Why, oh why can't people keep such totally impractical and stupid ideas to themselves. Did anybody reading this article honestly decide that they were going to have no clutter in the garage, kitchen, loft, living room or where ever? If so, where did they plan to put it? I would love to know. Regards

Hello Linda! It is always something. I had to delete this before the wife saw it - LOL

Sorry, I don't agree. We could come to any conclusions for clutter. For example we could say my cluttered bedroom exists because my mother died when I was three. My cluttered kitchen is there because my father was never home. My cluttered family room is messy because our house was destroyed in a tornado. Get the point...one could make up any reason for clutter. Clutter is just another of one of those choices. The point is this, the lady is trying to sell her services. So if you are interested in freeing yourself from clutter buy her book and services. Clutter does cause disorganization and one does lose time. So what, people who spend too much time golfing or talking on the phone do so because of choice. For me clutter has to do with seasonal depression. In the winter, I literally do not see the clutter or I see it and do not let it register in the part of the brain that says "well then, clean it up". Clutter also has to do with values. I am a person that gets caught up in helping others..that is called co-dependent according to a book I read called "Co-dependent no more. When given the opportunity I am off rescuing some one instead of taking care of my home. Clutter gives me comfort ....I like stuff around me..... Cover the walls, something on every endtable. So come on over. I will shove the papers over on the table and we will have cookies and coffee. Clutter is not a big concern for me. Well at least my cat and dog have not complained nor have they left home. So I am not interested in the lady's service.