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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Ciéra Cree

Experts urge homeowners to embrace annoyance about clutter to turbocharge their tidying – 'strong emotion is a shortcut to motivation'

Family room with taupe and cream palette taupe sectional sofa and games table and bar behind.

Clutter is annoying. Whether yours makes you want to scream, escape into a different room, or jump-start your vacation and avoid it altogether, many of us have been there. But what you may not know is that these feelings of frustration can be converted into clutter-busting action with the right guidance.

Instead of being angry at yourself, your home, and your stuff for cluttering up your space, our experts urge you to direct your annoyance at the inconvenience this stuff is causing you and channel it for successful tidying.

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