Difficulty with decluttering is often explained as a lack of motivation or discipline. Research in behavioral psychology suggests a different explanation. This blog post explores how cognitive load, capacity limits, and decision fatigue contribute to avoidance, and why readiness usually emerges only after action has already begun.

Chronic disorganization starts long before the clutter shows up. Here’s what’s actually going on beneath the surface.

Clutter affects everyone, although we all deal with our clutter differently. The Oxford dictionary defines clutter as “a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not necessary or are not being used; a lack of order”, and here’s the thing- it’s sort of unavoidable. One of the most valuable tools I’ve learned throughout my organizational journey is to embrace that temporary states of clutter are okay. They’re necessary. We have to be free to live and to crea