Who Has Too Much Clutter?
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (92723)
United States
September 8, 2026 9:45am CST
Happy Tuesday Everyone! it's a beautiful, sunny, blue-sky day here today. We actually had a really nice weather for our long holiday weekend.
After a fun weekend of barbecues and family life is back to normal today. My daughter is back to work and has some meetings scheduled and my day will be catching up here and trying to be quiet while she's on her zooms.
While I was having my coffee and watching an early morning tv talk show they were talking about clutter. I'm definitely not a hoarder when it comes to clutter even though I feel as if I'm always talking about organizing and donating stuff. I just have certain areas that tend to have too much (like my bedroom closet and many of my kitchen cabinets). Okay maybe I'll have to add the garage too as we have shelves that are full of all kinds of things.
As they were talking some of the more common areas for clutter were:
closets
junk drawers
front entrance with shoes
garages
attics
basements
This got me thinking....do you have clutter? and where is it located??
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20 responses
@patgalca (18488)
• Orangeville, Ontario
8 Sep
Our home has always been cluttered. I hate it. I have packed up boxes and prepared to donate them but thrift shops don't like you "dropping your junk off". So it is hard to donate. My daughters still have school supplies stored in the basement. I may just take them and donate them to a school. They're in good condition.
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@patgalca (18488)
• Orangeville, Ontario
9 Sep
@Marilynda1225 We have the Canadian Diabetes Association that does pick-ups. I phoned them and asked to be put back on the list. The advised me on their next pick-up, made the pick-up and then never contacted me for another one. I just don't think all this stuff belongs in a dump.
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
Thankfully we have the Purple Heart which comes around and picks up donations. I know many schools here would be grateful for any supplies.
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@wolfgirl569 (142344)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Sep
I have cleared out a lot of it. Even cleaned the junk drawer earlier this year
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I've gotten a lot of stuff organized and donated. Still seems to be gremlins sneaking in to make a mess of things
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I have a file cabinet next to my desk which sounds exactly like the drawer in your sideboard. I always say "tomorrow" I'm going to sort though it and then I don't.
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@Juliaacv (57938)
• Canada
9 Sep
@Marilynda1225 The top drawer of my filing cabinet is probably half full, neatly, but half of things that I could easily part with. I forgot about that stash of things. The bottom drawer is only for CRA documents and returns. It is very neat and in chronological order.
@DaddyEvil (179042)
• United States
8 Sep
Good morning. We have a partly cloudy day here but the temp is supposed to reach 99F this afternoon. There's only a 20% chance of rain. 
Pretty keeps buying "stuff" we don't need. She keeps putting more and more stuff on the kitchen counters and I keep stuffing it into cupboards.
My bedroom could stand a good clearing of junk, too. 
Pretty keeps buying "stuff" we don't need. She keeps putting more and more stuff on the kitchen counters and I keep stuffing it into cupboards.
My bedroom could stand a good clearing of junk, too. 4 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I think our daughters are very similar. My daughter is always buying stuff and loves kitchen gadgets, etc. Like you I'm constantly shoving it all into the cabinets.
My bedroom is nice and neat but my closet is another story
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@DaddyEvil (179042)
• United States
9 Sep
@Marilynda1225 As long as nobody bothers anything, I can find the things we own.
@RasmaSandra (102136)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Sep
My clutter consists of all the last memories of my life, A lot of photo albums and I whole collection of videos which eventually I will have to watch some more and then toss and toss the photos albums because when I am gone they will be tossed anyway,
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
That seems a shame that you will toss them. I understand that they will get tossed eventually but ....
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
Guess we all have those areas where stuff just exists. Don't really use it but don't want to toss it.
@GardenGerty (170935)
• United States
9 Sep
I have clutter. My whole house is full. Not all of it is mine.
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
Guess I could say the same. Closets, basement, garage all full of stuff
@AmbiePam (132662)
• United States
8 Sep
To the left of my front door are boxes of stuff I have to review, and so many of those things I want to give away. Other than that, there is no clutter. However, I think that’s enough on its own!
I’m so glad you had an enjoyable long weekend.
I’m so glad you had an enjoyable long weekend.4 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I can imagine that the stuff you get to review takes up space but I wouldn't consider that clutter necessarily.
Yes, the weekend was nice especially seeing everyone and having beautiful weather too
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I agree....clutter is different than hoarding.
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@LadyDuck (505473)
• Italy
10 Sep
@Marilynda1225 - I am so glad I did. All those things were so useless that I never missed anything after we moved here. I think I still have too much.
@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
You had no choice when you moved to get rid of the clutter. I can relate to having a basement and garage full of stuff
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@Traceyjayne (15187)
• United Kingdom
8 Sep
I am definitely a hoarder ....it drives The Mister crazy ... But in all honesty, he is just the same !
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@thedevilinme (5701)
• Northampton, England
8 Sep
When people get old they dont throw stuff away, simple as.
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@snowy22315 (214731)
• United States
9 Sep
Closets, and I find my tables get cluttered with odds and ends too.
@celticeagle (195720)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep
My daughter and I need to go through our closets. Hopefully we can get it done this winter.
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I'll be doing the same with some Fall cleaning. I have shoes I can't wear anymore and they are in really good condition so that's where I'll start for donation
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
It can be overwhelming when you think about how much stuff you have
@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
My clutter is mainly in my closet. I have about 14 pairs of shoes I could donate that I used to wear to work. Now I couldn't even walk in those shoes They are on my list to donate
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@Marilynda1225 (92723)
• United States
9 Sep
I wish I had a magic wand that would just get rid of all the stuff I don't need anymore.
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