I have never understood people who like clutter. Even if tidy, I can't stand a place that has all these trinkets and objects all over the place. For others, their garages or even main rooms in a house are full of stuff and very disorganized. I like my place fairly simple and without too many things. It's not completely bare, but it's closer to minimalistic than it is to clutter by a wide margin. Which do you like or how do you keep your place or room? Also, if you have any clues as to why people like clutter, chime in. A friend of mine tells me that people who like clutter have other major issues going on.
I'm sure you would be appalled by my home. I have 'stuff' everywhere. But I know where anything I own is in the piles. I can find it in a minute or two. I have books that I'm reading or that I consult (dictionary,etc.) under my bed. I prefer not having to dig through neatly stacked boxes that are in the closet. (Just realized I used the phrase 'in the closet'). I am not a hoarder with stacks of old newspapers to the ceiling. I am perfectly happy this way. As to your friend and his opinion, I believe that people who obsess over neatness may "have other issues going on"
I feel more comfortable in homes that have stuff all over the place. I don't like dirty, but walls covered in pictures, shelves covered in random stuff, make me feel more relaxed. A super clean, organized house with minimal decorations for some reason makes me feel like I'm in a hotel, and it's harder for me to relax, because I feel like I might dirty the place up. I like a house where if I spilt something, it wouldn't be the end of the world.
If I had just moved in on my own then I would make my rooms clean and tidy but if I joined after then I would probably stick with the messiness as long as I know where everything is.
I don't like messy or disorganized--my best friend's house always had stacks of papers and books all the over the place and it seemed a big mess to me. But then compare to my grandmother, who collects antiques and trinkets and stuff--it's all very organized but it is all over the place. There are no bare walls in her house--pictures and decorations everywhere. I love going to her place--so much interesting stuff to look at. So I probably do prefer to have a lot of stuff, as long as it's organized and there's room to function.
I hate spotless households. They drive me insane. I need at least some clutter in both my living and workplace to operate effectively.
I hate clutter. It makes it really hard for me to find stuff that I need and to navigate around the place.
i like it clean. i have the time to keep it cluttered (not enough) have been working on reorganizing my closets on restless nights though. it is nice!
Huh, almost everyone else in my family is the same way as you. It's like as soon as something *can* be done about a dirty plate or garbage bag, they *must* fix it, whereas I'm more oblivious to my surroundings and put pleasure first. It's not so much that I enjoy clutter, and instead it's that I don't pay much attention to it, minus those short bursts of spring cleanings, or whatever. That said, slightly messy areas show sign of human life; they've always seemed more "natural" to me.
I'm messy but, it's because I have minimal space to put my belongings... It's just enough to fit 2 singles bed in here.
It's not clutter, it's Organised Chaos. I'm not a big fan of clutter, but I can't be stuffed cleaning up and sorting the paperwork that accumulates on my desk.
I'm a borderline hoarder. I barely throw away anything. I keep thinking it'll have a use sometime in the future, but in reality, it just doesn't. So my room is horrifyingly cluttered, but I want that to go away. Even after cleaning, it still seems too suffocating. Maybe because I can barely walk around, because the walls are too close. The furniture takes up, I don't know, 4/5 of the place. EDIT: As for liking clutter, I used to be like that. To me, it gave me a sense of security, having all that stuff around me. And for some reason, I lose more stuff when I clean than when I leave it in a pile of trash.
My room is clean because i just cleaned it. But it quickly becomes a mess within a few days. It just makes me depressed when i see a mess. But when you have to get to school at 6:30, balance the homework, tests and studying from 5 AP classes and take care of a whole bunch of poison dart frogs plus hide the fact that your're gay that stress really gets to you. After all is said and done i have only the time to shower and sleep.....barely.
I do like the satisfaction of seeing everything clean and uncluttered, but even the inside of my car's a cluttered mess. Lets be honest, we all like a bit of ruff!
I'm not really one for decorations. However, judging by the large quantities of videogames, books, and cluttered drawers, then I'm also pretty disorganized. At the same time, I am capable of organizing my things if I get too annoyed with the chaotic mess in my backpack/closet/etc. Either way, I have no idea where I'd be on the scale.
