My favourite clutter clearing book ‘Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui’ written by Karen Kingston, has inspired the following:
What is your clutter costing you?!
Try this. Go into each room and estimate the percentage of space that is taken up by your clutter; things you rarely of never use. Be truthful with yourself; include everything you don’t unquestionably love. Count the things you haven’t used for at least a year. Remember to include space on book shelves where unread or once read books are, the back of closets, under the bed, the shed, the garage, everything!
Make a list:
1 bedroom 1 25%
2 bedroom 2 40%
3 bedroom 3 50%
4 hallway 15%
5 dining room 30%
6 kitchen 25%
7 bathroom 20%
8 basement 55%
9 office 25%
10 shed 85%
Total the list 370%
Calculate 370% divided by 10 (the number of areas) = average 37% clutter per room!!
In this example storing your stuff is costing 37% of your rent or mortgage!