Pack Rats: Rid Your Home of Clutter

Are you overwhelmed with paperwork? Do one or two rooms in your house look as if a train derailed and paraded on though them? Do you find you can never take care of important household tasks because there is too much overdue stuff to do first? Paper is one of the most common items in a person's household mess pile. It spreads easily to take up a ton of space on floors, desks, inside drawers and often completely dominates individuals' kitchen or other tables until they can no longer serve their original purpose. Paper can lead to severe anxiety, depression, and problems with interpersonal and familial relationships, shame and embarrassment.

Many people would say you are not alone, but as an avid pack rat with an expertise in collecting papers, I am fully aware that this fact is of little help to you. Sure, it's nice to feel like others understand the stress and frustration you feel on a daily basis when trying to confront, not to mention sort though your mounds of old bills, past to-do lists, product manuals, greeting cards or whatever else it is triggering your distress. But it doesn't make us less self-conscious when allowing visitors into our deathtrap of a home and more importantly it does nothing to actually fix the problem.