Sometimes you think you’re working really hard at trying to gain control of your clutter, but you find you make no progress.
You are constantly sorting and organising, tidying and moving things around in an effort to gain order and be able to find your stuff when you want it, and have clear surfaces, but you don’t get anywhere.
No sooner do you clear a spot than you turn around and it’s full again.
“Whhhyyyyy??!??!!?” I hear you wail….
Here’s why – you’re just churning, or as my best friend puts it, “moving deck chairs on the Titanic”
Churning is the act of sorting, categorising, grouping into piles or sections and then having to do it again when the piles all merge together after a few days or weeks.
You need to stop churning and face the reality that the only way you’re going to gain control is to reduce the volume of your possessions. That means letting go of things you don’t need, use or love – and even some things you do.
Unless things actually leave the house, it’s just churning and you’re going to get nowhere.
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