We all know clutter can cost you, but how does it really add up?

I’m going to keep a running total of the money and time costs of clutter in my life, to illustrate how quickly these can add up and how they can impact your life. At the end of each month, I’ll tally the results and we will see exactly how much clutter is costing me, and try to reduce those numbers to nothing.

January is only 11 days old, and already my clutter has had a measurable negative impact in my life.

Yesterday alone, being messy and cluttered cost me $11.60 and 50 minutes of my time. I had misplaced the two packs of serger needles that I had just bought before the holidays. I spent about a half hour looking everywhere I could think of for them, and an additional 20 minutes running to the sewing supply store to buy another two packs of needles.
I still haven’t found the original needles I bought. That $11.60 could certainly have been put to better use than buying a duplicate of something I already had!

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