Where clutter goes, financial problems follow

The relationship between clutter and financial problems boils down to simple respect. Respect your things, which includes your money, and it will respect you. It is not very different from relationships with other people. When mutual respect exists, relationships work much better and are much more rewarding. People can quickly dismiss friends and acquaintances who don’t work for them. When you don’t throw away the things that don’t work in your life, we call it clutter.

Learning to appreciate what we have and take care of it takes effort, but it can also bring about a whole new attitude. The need to have more and more will turn into wanting less and less. That old familiar feeling of chaos begins to fade like a bad dream. Once you know what you have and where to find it, the strain on the bank account is relieved as well.

To deny that we all want beautiful and new things would go against the laws of nature. It is in our DNA. The secret is to keep your balance and make smarter decisions. Things have a way of giving us a certain level of comfort and a temporary high, especially when stress is running at full speed. Think twice and consider the consequences when it comes to space and affordability

Houses aren’t the only things that get messy. Our minds also get quite cluttered when we try to juggle too many things at once. Financial responsibility can be difficult enough for the best of us, but frankly monumentally challenging for the chronically distracted.

Money tends to be thrown into any given situation to fix it. Bills get forgotten and late fees mount. You don’t think about what is spent unnecessarily on the little things that come up on a daily basis. The value of money is somehow lost in the shuffle.

There is a way to get to firmer ground. It starts with cleaning up the clutter in the house. The realization that simple is better begins to make sense. Things that have real meaning and really contribute to your well-being will rise from the ashes. The mind begins to clear and things stop having the importance they used to have. Wasteful spending is yesterday’s news. When respect for your hard-earned money becomes a priority, your money will have a way of sticking around a little longer. In the final analysis, it will be nothing short of a win-win situation for everyone.