- Do you have more possessions or items in your life than you can handle comfortably?
- Do you find it difficult to dispose of many things, even those you haven't used in years?
- Do you rent storage space to house items you never use?
- Do you spend time looking for things that are hard to find because of all the clutter?
- Do you find it easier to drop something than to put it away, or to wedge an object into an overcrowded drawer or closet rather than find space for it?
- Do you collect things to give to others?
- Do you bring things into your house without establishing a place for them?
- Is your clutter causing problems in your relationships?
- Are you embarrassed to have visitors because your home is never presentable?
- Do you hesitate sharing about this problem because you are ashamed of your cluttering?
- Are you constantly doing for others while your own home is out of order?
- Do you miss deadlines or abandon projects because you can't find the paperwork or material to finish the work?
- Do you sometimes get buried in details, making projects take much longer than is really necessary?
- Do you procrastinate about cleaning up because you believe you must do it perfectly or you won't do it at all?
- Are you easily side-tracked, moving from one project to another without finishing any of them?
- Do you have problems with time management and estimating how long it takes to do things?
- Do you believe there is all the time in the world to clean your house, finish those projects, and read all those piles of old magazines?
- Do you use distractions to escape from your clutter?
- Have you tried to clean up from time to time but find yourself unable to stick with it?
- Does the problem appear to be growing?
There, not so bad right? Right? Actually according to the website I would be a prime candidate. So how many of these apply to you? I'll have a poll up this week. Post your score in it an we will see how we are all doing.
6 comments:
I really liked reading through these questions. I should probably sit down and confront them honestly with myself. The question that particularly stands out in my mind is the one about collecting things for other people. I can also honestly say NO to that question. But I definitely know people who do that!!
I agree. It all becomes so much clearer when you start asking yourself specific questions. I had to say yes to more then I thought I would. But hopefully the realization will help us overcome those things.
The Clutterers Anonymous site where this questionaire can be viewed, states that if you answered yes to any three of the questions, you may have cause for concern.
I take laziness to mean avoiding the gut wrenching feeling I get when I actually look at my clutter. It is so much easier to put off dealing with my clutter and tend to "bigger fish to fry". stuff like my relatives, my friends, my job demands...
Fascinating info on Clutterers Anonymous…I had been researching various “anonymous” groups for a family member. I did answer nine questions with a ‘yes’ so I wonder what that means? I see there are no recent comments on your blogs, so what is your update? Working as a summer substitute again?
I'm afraid this blog has fallen by the wayside a bit. I might take it up again soon though. Yes I'm back at the same place as two years ago to work for the summmer. Still have a few semesters of school before I'm done with that.
About the test. Apparently three yesses means you should be concernede. As many as we have... I don't know :) I still don't want to think that I need a support group to deal with it though. Maybe thats just stubborness on my side.
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