What typically makes up 'clutter'?

What typically makes up 'clutter'?

Mary Astadourian (Professional Organizer) gives expert video advice on: What typically makes up 'clutter'?; Why does so much clutter collect in my home?; What's the most important thing I can do to cut down on the clutter? and more...

The dictionary defines clutter as a collection of things lying about an untidy mass. And I think that, that's brilliant because that's what it really is. I think it becomes clutter when you can not make any sense out of it. I will tell you and everybody will say to me,” I know where everything else in this pile, I guarantee you, they don't, they know it is there in this pile, or maybe in that pile. You know it is there but they don't really where it is, they don't know what else exactly is in there, so, I think clutter is just when things get untidy and large. Things are cluttered when there is just so much of it that you cannot really make sense out of it. Clutter is also a little dangerous because it is what really makes people feel so overwhelmed. You know, nobody wants to walk into a room and just look at piles and piles of newspapers and magazines and stacks of stuff and then think like,” oh I got to do something with this or will it worse, I got to sleep in this room tonight; nobody likes that.