
Time to move on.Break up with clutter.Find it a green flag
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Everyone wants to break up with their clingy clutter. Few know how. Do you?
Learn from the expert
Learn the Marie Kondo way to break up with clutter. It takes six taps.
- TIME 100One of the world’s most influential people, 2015
- 10M+Copies of her first book sold
- NetflixHer show, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
Her method, with a Bengaluru twist.
Why break up with clingy clutter?
Calmer mind
Women who called their home “cluttered” had more of the stress hormone cortisol through the day, and felt lower by evening.
UCLA study, 2010
Better sleep
People who keep too much stuff slept worse in a US study. A cluttered bedroom may be part of why.
St. Lawrence University, 2015
Better focus
Things in front of your eyes compete for your brain’s attention. Fewer things, easier focus.
Princeton Neuroscience Institute, 2011
Happier home
The more people felt their home was cluttered, the less satisfied they were with life.
University of New Mexico and DePaul University, 2016
Giving feels good
People felt happier when they spent on others than when they spent on themselves. Giving is good for the giver too.
Science journal, 2008
Lighter spirit
Hindu and Jain teaching calls it aparigraha: keep only what you need. Buddhism teaches non-attachment. Both say a lighter hold brings peace.
Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions
Sharing is faith
Daan in Hinduism, sadaqah in Islam, vand chakna in Sikhism, charity in Christianity. Many faiths ask you to share what you have.
Many faiths
A fresh start
We clean our homes before Diwali to welcome Lakshmi. A clear home is an old Indian way to begin again.
Diwali tradition
Clothes, not landfill
Every second, the world burns or buries a garbage truck’s worth of clothes. Passing yours on keeps them in use.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017
Not today? No problem, maga. Pick your declutter day.
We’ll put an hour in your calendar, with these steps and the free pick-up link.
