Why does so much clutter collect in my home?

Why does so much clutter collect in my home?

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...

I think the biggest reason that clutter collects is because people don't have a space to put something. So they just put it on a first place that they could find, sometimes that's the floor, sometimes it's a table top. You know, I have friends who don't even eat on their dining room table because the entire dining room table is just covered with things they got to read one day. But they don't realize that if they have to start reading now and maybe they'll finish by Christmas, you know, to get that reading done. I think clutter really is just passed of because nobody knows where to put it. You know, the part of the functional organizational system is having places for things. You know, no one's telling you that you don't save magazines if that's what you really want to do. Or don't, you know, keep, you know, every ticket's stab you ever got for every game you ever want to. It's just, figure out where you're going to put it and always put it on that place.