Chaos As Comfort: A Case Study in the Meaning of Clutter

What if you have been hanging on to your mess and your chaos in your home because it feels like comfort?What if your messy home is a result of something much deeper? Right now during lockdown many of us are discovering hidden things about ourselves and our homes. This is a time to connect with yourself, to go within and to discover who we are and why we do what we do.

One of my long distance organizing clients had a big realization the other day that she shared with me. I have been working with her on several projects in her home. My client has given me permission to share with all of you what she has discovered about herself in this process and how what she has learned will help her movin forward.

We worked together last fall on two areas in her home, and now we will be working together again on another area. What she shared with me really made me think more about our relationship to our spaces and our things. Especially in a time where we are all here at home, this is an important topic to delve into and to discover what is behind the mess.

Mess and Relationships:

She has shared with me that she has had a difficult relationship with her mother for a long time. She feels that part of the reason that she keeps messes around is because it is a rebellion against her…