Tuesday, September 10, 2013

What is Your Clutter Tolerance Level?


This is not me!
 
I can tolerate an unmade bed or dishes in the sink. But piles of papers, books, and clothes muddy my thoughts and inhibit my creativity. I'm not OCD, but I do like a fairly neat environment, or I become distracted and find it hard to concentrate.

Plus, taking thirty minutes to find a bill or a set of keys distracts me from what I consider my true purpose: to love God an others.

Not everyone is wired like that. My husband likes his piano cluttered with music and books, so that people will see he's a working musician and that our piano is not simply a showpiece. Another genius worked at the desk below:

Wanna guess who's this is?
How much clutter can you tolerate? Does it distract you, make you crazy, or do you operate just fine with a desk like the one above? If you guessed it was Einstein's, you were right!

6 comments:

  1. I can handle a little clutter, but not too much.

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  2. Some is OK, but too much and it not only distracts me, but makes me feel suffocated.

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  3. After one day, clutter needs to be cleaned up.

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  4. I have to go stand in corner. I am a "Clutter Queen", I can work around it. But when I am looking for something, I find myself picking up the STUFF or at least neatening the stacks.

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  5. I don't like dishes in the sink, but I can leave them if I have too - for awhile. Same goes for the bed. I really like things organized because I have so much to be responsible for!!! My family on the other hand is the opposite - - so I have to learn to coexist with mess! sandie

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  6. My desk is my biggest clutter catcher. A week ago, it reached the critical stage, and I finally cleared it off. Ah, if I could only keep it that way, but projects have a way of spreading out.


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