Clutter is your enemy. Let me count the ways.

1. Clutter is your enemy because it isolates you:

• You avoid inviting friends over for dinner or drinks.
• You are too embarrassed to have neighbours or social groups in for a coffee.
• You can’t have someone stay over because your spare room is not fit for house guests.
• You spend weekends doing the clutter-churn instead of socialising.
  

2. Clutter is your enemy because it wastes your time:

• Rummaging for things you can’t find.
• Researching and shopping for things you already own.
• Shifting clutter piles around to do housework.
• Organising and reorganising your stashes of stuff. Stuff you don’t even need or love.

3. Clutter is your enemy because it wastes your money, therefore you:

• Repurchase items you have already paid for and can’t find.
• Pay late fees on bills you have mislaid in your mess.
• Spend money on restaurants, bars and hotels when you could be enjoying your home.
• Buy items that promise to organise your clutter (but rarely deliver).
• Misplace gift vouchers and store returns so that they lose their value.
• Lose productivity with your work and career because of the state of your home office and mind.

4. Clutter is your enemy because it stresses you out:

• Demanding your attention and distracting you.
• Making you feel overwhelmed.
• Impacting your quality of sleep.
• Reducing your productivity in the home.

Studies show a link between a high density of household objects, and elevated cortisol.

5. Clutter is your enemy because it taunts and bullies you:

• Harassing you about clothes that no longer fit and hobbies you abandoned.
• Tormenting you about money spent.
• Reminding you of all the things you need to deal with.
• Telling you you’re a failure. (You’re not)

You would not put up with this behaviour from a friend or partner.
Clutter saps your time, energy, money and wellbeing. Get rid of it once and for all.