Clutter Free Quotes

“At its heart, clutter is a lack of peace.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“When every possession is special, none of them are.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“Some of those are small things that we keep around, hoping to find something redemptive to do with them. Other times, we keep our mistakes around in order to remind ourselves of what seems like a horrible, irreparable mistake.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“What is causing you to put things down "for now"? Are you feeling too rushed in your everyday life? Is there never a chance to reset?
As you go through the process of clearing out your clutter, you will see that things become easier to put away when there is a home for them and that home is easier to access.
When you are tempted to put something down, ask yourself, "Will I really have more time to deal with this later? Will I know where to find this later when I'm looking for it?"
Be kind to your future self and put it away now. Next week you will thank me.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“book Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships that All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Henry Cloud.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“If we don't attack the heart of the issue - the fear, guilt, and shame in our lives that cause us to buy what we don't really need - we are going to use that clutter to build our own prisons and keep us from connecting with others.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“Another thing we must recognize about clutter is that it's active. Even if it's just sitting there on a shelf or buried in a box, clutter is actively working in our lives.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“[Clutter] brings up bad memories. There are little emotional grenades in all of your piles, and every time you sort through one, you uncover something you "should have" done.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space

“Why do I have to be prepared for every possibility?...

It's just fear.

Fear that I won't have enough. Fear that I will be stuck without something and not know what to do.”
― Kathi Lipp, Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space