Tackling Clutter As a Couple | Organizational Guru Peter Walsh

Home clutter can very quickly become a relationship issue, so organizational guru Peter Walsh helps one married couple nip the problem in the bud.

[@ElChupacabra77B]

I don’t understand why Peter Walsh is ‘not’ on A&E Hoarders. He should’ve been part of that show instead of being on Oprah and Rachael Ray!!!

[@justinemccarthy5218]

He says he does not promote 'hoarders' which is funny because that is what the show is all about

[@krystalsmith849]

These people may have some hoarder tendencies but aren’t really true hoarders. It’s a mental disorder . True hoarders find too much comfort in things and will fight you tooth and nail to keep them. If they are forced to receive help, a lot of them will return to their bad habits. They don’ t relate to finding peace in letting go when they have their things around them. It can be difficult to teach them without a therapist.

[@ElChupacabra77B]

@@krystalsmith849 The hoarders are the people who need him the most.

[@leezalee831]

It can’t be that easy, if after 12 years of not declutterring, they manage to do it in one week, just because someone tells them to? What? If it were that easy, they would have done it already.

[@kattihatt]

These are adults acting like children.

[@katsspace4688]

Lol 😂 😂

[@vmobile890]

And the pickers series with big barn finds or car collectors that have garages of cars ?

[@kattihatt]

​@@vmobile890i dont know. In this video its just crap anyways.

[@spiderrabbit1556]

Why does everything in my home have to have a home? He makes these statements but has no rational to back it up. Why do i have to declutter. Why do i have to let it go. What if i throw away nearly everything i have and it does not make me feel better and only makes me feel horrible. The walls of his home seem to me to be cluttered with an endless number of little square pictures. I dont trust this guy. Let it go is his catch cry but why do i have to let it go? I like having things around me. I dont want to live in someone elses idea of the perfect home and the perfect amount of stuff. I think the problem maybe him and his obsession with his career as a self appointed declutterer. By his own admission he said he has been decluttering his home for 20 years. 20 YEARS. there is something very wrong about this.

[@kattihatt]

Decluttering is an ongoing process, since new items enter your home every day. I get what you mean with his career. Besides that there are good reasons to declutter. Its easier to find things for example. And you dont buy copies of things. It also makes it possible to live in a smaller house, since less stuff take up less space. So its more economical in a way.

[@spiderrabbit1556]

@@kattihatt Its absolutely correct to say its easier to find things and its more economical to live a minimalist lifestyle, easier to clean etc. perfect sense. However minimalism is just a choice. A lifestyle, a purely subjective preference. I prefer a maximalist lifestyle, or at least a degree of maximalism. Its Also a choice a subjective lifestyle. I like having nice things around me, these things i surround myself with also come with positives and negatives, they need to be cleaned and insured and if chosen wisely they create wealth. This whole idea of decluttering is fine so long as it is understood that it is simply a choice to live without things. The problem of clutter as is implied is when when you have a lot of worthless rubbish and descends into hoarding and you are essentially collecting garbage not because you enjoy the lifestyle its a psychological problem and you make your life difficult and uncontrolled. If we take decluttering to its extreme you can simply live with one plate one bowl one knife, fork, spoon etc. one pair of shoes etc. One chair. Makes life simpler, sure, but not necessarily easier or better. I do not want to live like a buddhist monk. So we all compromise to a point where we are comfortable. Some like less things some like more, once you go too far in either direction it makes life more and more difficult.

[@kattihatt]

@@spiderrabbit1556 yup i agree. Its not a solution for everyone. But i do think many people live with clutter and find it hard to organize things in their everyday life. Less things is just less stuff to worry about, clean, organize etc.