Signs you have too much stuff include
1. You are constantly overwhelmed in your home.
Signs you have too much stuff – STORAGE
2. You have multiple junk drawers, and even a junk room.
3. You have trouble closing your cupboards and drawers.
4. You can’t put things away because the cupboards are full.
5. You can’t put things away because they don’t have a home.
6. There are piles of items on tabletops and even floors.
7. You clear the table by putting things in tubs and putting the tubs somewhere else.
8. In order to sit you have to move stuff.
9. You wish you had more storage and surfaces.
10. You rent storage.
11. You frequently buy more stuff to store your stuff.
12. You have rooms that can’t be used for their intended purpose.
13. Your car doesn’t fit in your garage.
14. You don’t know what’s under your bed.
Signs you have too much stuff – CLOTHES
15. It takes you a long time to get dressed.
16. You have lots of clothes but feel like you have nothing to wear.
17. You have a floordrobe, chairdrobe, or both.
Signs you have too much stuff – KITCHEN
18. You hate cooking because your pantry is dysfunctional.
19. Your fridge and pantry have expired food.
20. In order to eat at the table you have to move stuff.
21. You have no clear surface to use for food prep or craft.
Signs you have too much stuff – HOUSEWORK
22. It takes you a full day to do laundry.
23. The housework never ends.
24. Or if you have a cleaner, you have to ‘clean for the cleaner.’
25. Or the cleaner just vacuums around the piles.
26. Everything is dusty.
Signs you have too much stuff – SHAME
27. Having guests over fills you with dread.
28. You would have to choose carefully where to take a photo of yourself or kids in your home.
29. You ‘apologise for the mess’ if someone enters your home.
Signs you have too much stuff – OTHER
30. You still have previous versions of things you’ve already upgraded.
31. You worry if you get rid of something you might need it again one day.
32. You frequently lose and repurchase things.
33. You frequently buy things that you forgot you already had.
34. You often find things you totally forgot you owned.
35. You have to dig to locate things.
36. You don’t know what mail you have or what mail you’ve received.
37. You have unopened mail.
38. You have junk in your fruit bowl.
39. You have too many options.
40. You have no idea where to start.
41. You are thinking about using a Professional Organiser – do it!
