Decluttering Your Life and Mind

DECLUTTERING YOUR LIFE AND YOUR MIND No-one likes a cluttered home or work space, but did you know t hat hanging on to superfluous stuff can actually affect your w ell-being? It's not just about feeling ashamed of having too much clutter - other people may perceive you differently as well. Here's what we found... DID YOU KNOW? Decluttering can save 32% |15%-20% 42% 9 in 10 of your annual budget experts say decluttering admitted to keeping said they only clean due to better a disorganised workspace helps increase the value up clutter once a decision-making of property month or les NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CLUTTER -10 -20 20% -30 -40 -50 40% 53% -60 -70 65% -80 77% -90 -100 PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN Children in decluttered classrooms perform 13% 9.2% are more likely to let better in test results their mind wander off 1OCHIS topic during a lesson MOTIVATION BEHIND DECLUTTERING 23% New beginnings e.g. new job or New Year Having visitors 38% 69% Maintain sanity or peace of mind 28% Feel stressed or out-of-control PEOPLE'S FEELINGS IN AN ORGANISED SPACE 100 90 83% 80 71% 68% 70 60 50 43% 40 30 20 10 AREAS OF BIGGEST EMBARRASSMENT AT HOME 35% 28% 28% 12% Workspace and desk Bedroom Wardrobe Desk drawers WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOUR MESSY DESK 53% 40% 33% 13% would think would assume that would believe you're would have a lower negatively of you overall opinion of you you lack in aspects of your job overworked and had no time to clean up AREAS PEOPLE WANT TO DECLUTTER AT WORK 36% 28% 45% Desk or workspace Computer files Emails WHAT WORKERS SAY ABOUT THEIR DESKS 28% 75% 50-75% 4.3 hours of employers say that they or more of their desk of their desk is covered are less likely to promote a week spent on searching for papers in a cluttered home office is covered in clutter in clutter someone with a disorganised work space SOURCES Office Depot, National Survey Reveals Workplace Clutter Tarnishes Professional Image and May Prevent Promotions http://investor.officemax.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=851718p=irol-newsArticle_pf&JD=1519629 Psychology Today, What Your Clutter, Big or Small, Is Trying to Tell You https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prescriptions-life/201101/what-your-clutter-big-or-small-is-trying-tell-you PsychCentral, Classroom Clutter a Distraction to Students? http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/28/classroom-clutter-a-distraction-to-students/70471.tml This Is Money, Want to sell your home quickly? Forget the grand plans and just tidy up and paint http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-2137313/Want-sell-home-quickly-Forget-bold-plans-just-tidy-up.html#ixzz3jXWJ58HS The Muse, Cut the Clutter: Why Being a Hoarder Can Hurt You at Work https://www.themuse.com/advice/cut-the-clutter-why-being-a-hoarder-can-hurt-you-at-work Reliable Planet, Reduce office clutter to increase productivity, efficiency and profitability http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/16652/reduce-office-clutter-to-increase-productivity,-efficiency-profitability OKA Productivity State of mind Motivation Happiness Relationships with others More productive More accomplished In control of their life Relaxed 16% of workers said f workers said