Tracy McCubbin
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Where you connect with your family over the dinner table or get a good night's sleep. But if it's so full of stuff that it can't function, it's detracting from you. Look, they've done the science. They've tested this. They've done so much research into how much Energy, our clutter sucks from us. If you live in a cluttered home, you have elevated cortisol. They've done it. They've proved it.
So this is always what I say to people. It's not about creating a perfect home so that you look good on Pinterest. It's about creating a home that works for you.
So this is always what I say to people. It's not about creating a perfect home so that you look good on Pinterest. It's about creating a home that works for you.
So this is always what I say to people. It's not about creating a perfect home so that you look good on Pinterest. It's about creating a home that works for you.
100%. And I don't make some edict about you can only have 30 books and five shirts. It doesn't work that way. What's different? Everybody's different. And like you said, some people are collectors. Some people, like I just worked with a woman who loves roosters. She loves them. She has so many rooster things around her house. It makes her so happy. It would make me nuts. But But I respect that.
100%. And I don't make some edict about you can only have 30 books and five shirts. It doesn't work that way. What's different? Everybody's different. And like you said, some people are collectors. Some people, like I just worked with a woman who loves roosters. She loves them. She has so many rooster things around her house. It makes her so happy. It would make me nuts. But But I respect that.
100%. And I don't make some edict about you can only have 30 books and five shirts. It doesn't work that way. What's different? Everybody's different. And like you said, some people are collectors. Some people, like I just worked with a woman who loves roosters. She loves them. She has so many rooster things around her house. It makes her so happy. It would make me nuts. But But I respect that.
But what I'm talking about is when it stops working. If you start to feel like you don't own your stuff anymore, but your stuff owns you, that's when the clutter becomes a problem. So it's not a sort of, it has to be one way and everybody's the same. It's, has it stopped working for you? Do you have rooms in your house that you can't go into anymore?
But what I'm talking about is when it stops working. If you start to feel like you don't own your stuff anymore, but your stuff owns you, that's when the clutter becomes a problem. So it's not a sort of, it has to be one way and everybody's the same. It's, has it stopped working for you? Do you have rooms in your house that you can't go into anymore?
But what I'm talking about is when it stops working. If you start to feel like you don't own your stuff anymore, but your stuff owns you, that's when the clutter becomes a problem. So it's not a sort of, it has to be one way and everybody's the same. It's, has it stopped working for you? Do you have rooms in your house that you can't go into anymore?
That's usually the first time I get a phone call from a potential new client. They're like, we have two guest rooms. We want our kids to come and visit, but they're so full of, I don't even know what, we can't use them. That's when the clutter isn't working anymore.
That's usually the first time I get a phone call from a potential new client. They're like, we have two guest rooms. We want our kids to come and visit, but they're so full of, I don't even know what, we can't use them. That's when the clutter isn't working anymore.
That's usually the first time I get a phone call from a potential new client. They're like, we have two guest rooms. We want our kids to come and visit, but they're so full of, I don't even know what, we can't use them. That's when the clutter isn't working anymore.
You know, everybody's different. I mean, there are some thematic things, you know, a lot too many clothes, paperwork, tools in the garage. But the way that it sort of presents itself as opposed to a category of stuff, it's more about the emotional hold they have. So if I go, you know, if I go into a garage and there's tons and tons and tons of tools and And it's an older couple.
You know, everybody's different. I mean, there are some thematic things, you know, a lot too many clothes, paperwork, tools in the garage. But the way that it sort of presents itself as opposed to a category of stuff, it's more about the emotional hold they have. So if I go, you know, if I go into a garage and there's tons and tons and tons of tools and And it's an older couple.
You know, everybody's different. I mean, there are some thematic things, you know, a lot too many clothes, paperwork, tools in the garage. But the way that it sort of presents itself as opposed to a category of stuff, it's more about the emotional hold they have. So if I go, you know, if I go into a garage and there's tons and tons and tons of tools and And it's an older couple.
You know, the gentleman's in his 80s. He's not fixing cars anymore. He's not getting up on a ladder. Right. This is sort of the stuff of his past. You know, I go into work with young moms and their bodies have changed after having a baby, but they're keeping all these clothes on.
You know, the gentleman's in his 80s. He's not fixing cars anymore. He's not getting up on a ladder. Right. This is sort of the stuff of his past. You know, I go into work with young moms and their bodies have changed after having a baby, but they're keeping all these clothes on.
You know, the gentleman's in his 80s. He's not fixing cars anymore. He's not getting up on a ladder. Right. This is sort of the stuff of his past. You know, I go into work with young moms and their bodies have changed after having a baby, but they're keeping all these clothes on.
from when they were a different shape, like, oh, well, I'm going to get back there someday, or that's how I'm supposed to be. You know, so much of it is about being stuck in the past or feeling wasteful. It's more about the emotional story that people tell themselves than what the stuff actually is.