Clutter Tides: balancing the ebb and flow of things

Let’s face it: most of us are surrounded by clutter of some kind: it is a natural progression of the way we live our lives. Each time something new happens, we end up adding to our collection of things. When you decide to start running you’ll need a pair of running shoes, and a new child in a couple’s lives needs a lot of stuff. Even just making a different kind of dishes on a regular basis may require new ingredients or tools. This need to accumulate feels like a force of nature, but there are ways to restrict this uncontrolled influx of stuff. Many such situations are associated with drastic changes in life style. Those hinge points between two life stages often require a lot of adjustment, and it becomes necessary to find a new balance within the household. More often than not, adjusting to something new is focussed on the future, but aren’t we forgetting something? What of the phase you are about to leave behind? Isn’t there stuff associated with it, ideas and behaviours that you may want to shed? This book highlights opportunities to not just collect whatever the clutter tides wash up into your life, but to align your possessions with your current needs and learn to recognise early on when something serves you no longer.