I recently read a book Cut the Clutter by C T Ewer. She listed several clutterer's personality. She mentions in her book to target the clutter problem by going to the root of the problem: one's thinking. Which one are you?
Personality no.1 - THE HOARDER
The hoarder's slogan is "This might come in handy one day".
Hoarders save everything (plastic shopping bags, newspaper flyers, the list is endless).
Ask a hoarder why he/she is keeping so many plastic shopping bags, he/she will describe how she can reuse the plastic bags . Problem is , hoarder knows no limits so he/she has plastic bags enough to take up the landfill.
Hoarding is rooted in insecurity, financial or otherwise. Deep down, hoarders are afraid that they'll never have the resouces they need if they let go of any possession. Best remedy: knowing stuffs will be with us always.
Personality no. 2 - THE DEFERRER
The Deferrer's slogan is "I'll think about that tommorrow".
Those of the deferral mindset are guilty of the great set aside. Bills, flyers, old newspaper, items that need cleaning or repair and household projects are all set aside to be dealt with another day.
Deferrers need to be reminded that tmomorrow has no more time or energy than today and that deferring decisions drags down each new day with yesterday's unfinished business. The best remedy: Action. Simply making a start creates the momentum needed to finish the job.
Personality no. 3 - The REBEL
The Rebel's slogan is "I don't want to and you can't make me!"
Rebels were forced to pick up after themselves as children; as adult, they are still expressing the mute and stubborn determination when they are a child. Rebel clutter often centers on household activities.
Best remedy: Reminding the Rebel that he/she is in control of the decisions, and he/she can defuse the inner rebel's imaginary power struggle.
Personality no. 4 - The PERFECTIONIST
The Perfectionist slogan is "Next week, I'll organise everything ...perfectly".
Perfectionists are wonderful people but they live in an all-or-nothing world. They do wonderful things when they do them. Perfectionisim forms an inner barrier to cutting clutter because the perfectionist simply cannot abide doing a less-than-perfect job.
Best remedy: Apply the 20-80 rule: 20 % of every job takes care of 80% of the problem. Give permission to perfectionist to do only 20% of the job to get things going.
Personality no. 5 - The SENTIMENTALIST
The sentimentalist slogan: "Oh the little darling!"
Sentimentalists want to keep everything -old text books, exercise books, school papers, faded greeting cards. However, there's so much to remember that the truly enderaing items get lost in a flood.
Remedy: Changing mindset from an indiscriminate "Awwww!" to a more selective stance. Sort it out, keep the memories and bin the rest!
my problem: I have most of the personality traits listed above!!!!!!
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:D that's mean you are normal......a little bit of this...:D
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