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The Connection Between Financial Clutter and Physical Clutter
The Connection Between Financial Clutter and Physical Clutter
Why clearing one always seems to help with the other.
I want to share an observation that came out of my own experience, and that I've watched play out with a lot of women in my community.
A few years ago, I noticed that when my home felt cluttered and chaotic, I also tended to make more impulsive purchases. A new storage solution. Something I thought would help me get organized. Something that made me feel briefly better. Which, of course, added more stuff. Which added more clutter.
And on the financial side, when I was avoiding looking at my accounts or sorting through the financial pile of things I'd been putting off, it was harder to make clear decisions about my physical stuff too. Because everything felt uncertain. Could I afford to replace this if I let it go? Did I need to keep this in case?
After years of watching this dynamic in myself and others, I've become convinced: physical clutter and financial clutter feed each other. And clearing one almost always helps with the other.
What financial clutter actually looks like
Financial clutter isn't always about debt or disorganized accounts, though it can be. It's the subscriptions quietly billing you every month that you haven't used in a year. The impulse purchases that seemed urgent in the moment and now live untouched in a drawer. The money decisions you've been avoiding, the insurance policy you haven't reviewed, the budget conversation you keep putting off.
Financial clutter takes up mental space in exactly the same way physical clutter does. It creates a low-level background hum of stress that drains your capacity for everything else.
Getting clearer in one area helps the other
When we clear physical clutter, something often shifts in how we relate to acquiring more things. We start to notice what we actually have. We start to see what we've been buying without thinking. We become a little more intentional.
And when we clear some financial clutter, the uncertainty that was creating paralysis in our physical decluttering often lifts. We can make cleaner decisions about what to keep and what to let go.
A practical starting point
Spend 10 minutes reviewing your subscriptions. Cancel anything you're not actively using. That's financial clutter cleared.
Then spend 10 minutes clearing one physical surface and dropping unused items into a donation box. That's physical clutter cleared.
Two sessions of 10 minutes. Both of them freeing up resources, money in one case, energy and space in the other. Clarity compounds. You might be surprised how quickly it builds. 💕
Ready for more?
If you'd like a gentle, step-by-step guide through your whole home with exactly this kind of approach, I'd love for you to pick up my book, Creating Space with Julie: A Step-by-Step Guide.
https://www.creatingspacewithjulie.com/product-details/product/book
With love and encouragement,
Julie xo
P.S. Have you ever noticed a connection between your financial and physical clutter? I'd love to hear what your experience has been.
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