Clutter, on the other hand, doesn't quite belong anywhere in particular, so removing it requires a lot more thought – which makes it easier to leave it where it is.īut living with clutter is stressful and oppressive a feng-shui expert would claim it's because energy or chi can't flow properly.
There is a crucial difference between untidiness and clutter namely that when a room is untidy it is because things aren't in their assigned place, a situation that can be quite easily remedied. Being surrounded by things that belong to you shores up your sense of self and creates a feeling of control."
"It's about identity, rather than just stuff. "Hoarding in both genders is a strategy with its roots in a whole range of factors," says psychologist Felix Economakis. My suspicion is borne out by the research carried out by Gumtree, which reveals men are far more nostalgic – or perhaps territorial – about their belongings than women are. I generate more than enough mess of my own, but I honestly believe I'm less of a hoarder. It was made very plain that the things he owned were objets sacres and that it was very much a case of love him, love his carefully archived back copies of Gramophone Magazine, his exhaustive cassette collection (long since copied on to CD), his old crockery, electrical cables, shot glasses and Oriental knick-knacks. Assuming, of course, I could ever persuade my spouse to part with it, which I know I never could one of our earliest rows was over a 1988 Brookside annual I attempted to get rid of when we moved in together, taking my cue from the William Morris quote: "Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." Old children's bikes and scooters would bring in up to £200 and my husband's tape deck, which was once top of the range, could be worth as much as £300 on eBay. The going rate on Gumtree for our old baby backpack carrier is around £30 and for my foot spa (incredibly, there is still a market for foot spas, although I've never met a single woman who's used hers more than twice) I could get anything from £5 to £15. My first-generation iPhone is apparently worth £27 at a specialist mobile phone site.
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