the hidden financial and emotional cost of clutter
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Deep down, we know that clutter bothers us, but just what are the numbers? Understand how clutter affects you financial, physiologically, spatially, and most importantly, emotionally. Find out where you are in the numbers. If you are overwhelmed by clutter, do find help by contacting a professional organizer. Getting your home organized only to have it return to its original condition in 1 month is going to drive anyone insane. We should be spending our time on productive pursuits like learning a new language or a new skill, but no one should be spending their whole lives launching massive clutter clean-ups every quarter. A professional organizer will not only get you organized, but will help you stay organized. If you are in Singapore, call us at Edits Inc. (www.edits-inc.com).TRANSCRIPT
The Hidden Cost of Clutter
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Achieving financial freedom and emotional health
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43% of Americans categorize
themselves as
disorganized1
Storage & Organization At a glance
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of clutter in homes is a result of
disorganization, not lack of
space2 80%
64%
of Americans are unsatisfied
with the amount of storage
space in their homes1
1 IKEA Life at Home Survey, Jul 2012
2 http://www.ready-set-organize.com/clutter.html
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Storage & Organization At a glance
DRAWERS
US$2,200
average value of all junk
drawers in a home1
of kitchens have
junk drawers2 ~50%
CLOSETS
25%
of clothing goes unworn3
Clutter increases
housework by an
average of4 40%
GARAGES
25%
Of two-car garages don’t
hold any cars5
of them only have
room for one5 32%
1 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=85890
2 http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/6518/could-a-new-kitchen-get-things-cooking-all-over-the-home
3 http://www.fastcodesign.com/1614917/traveling-pants-indeed-the-closet-exchange-program-thredup-adds-kids-clothes
4 http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php
5 US Department of Energy
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Storage & Organization At a glance
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32% of office workers admit to keeping
a disorganized workspace2
of workers said their impressions of
colleagues are influenced by how
organized their desks are1 73%
of workers believe colleagues with
messy desk are less career-driven1 70%
office workers feel being organized
improves their performance2 82%
1 Iogear Study, Arizona Republic, 31 Jun 2001
2 J. J. McCorvey, “The Real Consequences of Office Clutter”, Inc. Magazine, 29 Jan 2010 (http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/01/disorganized-office-space.html)
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The Cost of Clutter
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The average
American burns 55
minutes a day
looking for things1
16% of Americans
have been late for
meetings because
of clutter3
14% of Americans
have missed
deadlines because
of clutter3
1 http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php
2 J. J. McCorvey, “The Real Consequences of Office Clutter”, Inc. Magazine, 29 Jan 2010 (http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/01/disorganized-office-space.html)
3 Number of survey respondents reporting these situations as a result of them not eliminating clutter.
4 Calculated based on Singapore’s 2011 per capita income, IMF
5 The average increase in stress hormone in men and women reported in “No Place Like Home: Home Tours Correlate With Daily Patterns of Mood and Cortisol”, Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin 36(1) P71-81, © 2010 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
6 Peter Walsh, “Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?”, Free Press 2008
A company in Singapore loses
>$4,000 profit per employee
per year due to clutter-related
productivity losses4
Managing the volume of
clutter increases stress
levels by 41%5
Clutter is
anecdotally
linked to
obesity6
23% of adults say they pay
bills late & incur fees
because they lose them1
TIME MONEY WELL-BEING
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Your environment is
greater than your will
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Clearing clutter increases profits by
at least $4,000 per employee per
year1,2
Expenses
Profit
$4,000/
person/ yr Unnecessary
expenses
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● Turning up late for work
● Missing project deadlines
● Duplicating lost
paperwork
● Sending wrong orders to
customers
● Falling sick often
● High staff turnover
1 John Ortberg, When The Game Is All Over It Goes Back In The Box (2007); and James Gleck, Faster (1999); The Independent (2005)
2 Calculated based on Singapore’s 2011 per capita income, IMF
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