the hidden financial and emotional cost of clutter

The Hidden Cost of Clutter

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Achieving financial freedom and emotional health

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43% of Americans categorize

themselves as

disorganized1

Storage & Organization At a glance

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of clutter in homes is a result of

disorganization, not lack of

space2 80%

64%

of Americans are unsatisfied

with the amount of storage

space in their homes1

1 IKEA Life at Home Survey, Jul 2012

2 http://www.ready-set-organize.com/clutter.html

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DRAWERS

US$2,200

average value of all junk

drawers in a home1

of kitchens have

junk drawers2 ~50%

CLOSETS

25%

of clothing goes unworn3

Clutter increases

housework by an

average of4 40%

GARAGES

25%

Of two-car garages don’t

hold any cars5

of them only have

room for one5 32%

1 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=85890

2 http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/6518/could-a-new-kitchen-get-things-cooking-all-over-the-home

3 http://www.fastcodesign.com/1614917/traveling-pants-indeed-the-closet-exchange-program-thredup-adds-kids-clothes

4 http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php

5 US Department of Energy



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32% of office workers admit to keeping

a disorganized workspace2

of workers said their impressions of

colleagues are influenced by how

organized their desks are1 73%

of workers believe colleagues with

messy desk are less career-driven1 70%

office workers feel being organized

improves their performance2 82%

1 Iogear Study, Arizona Republic, 31 Jun 2001

2 J. J. McCorvey, “The Real Consequences of Office Clutter”, Inc. Magazine, 29 Jan 2010 (http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/01/disorganized-office-space.html)

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The Cost of Clutter

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The average

American burns 55

minutes a day

looking for things1

16% of Americans

have been late for

meetings because

of clutter3

14% of Americans

have missed

deadlines because

of clutter3

1 http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php

2 J. J. McCorvey, “The Real Consequences of Office Clutter”, Inc. Magazine, 29 Jan 2010 (http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/01/disorganized-office-space.html)

3 Number of survey respondents reporting these situations as a result of them not eliminating clutter.

4 Calculated based on Singapore’s 2011 per capita income, IMF

5 The average increase in stress hormone in men and women reported in “No Place Like Home: Home Tours Correlate With Daily Patterns of Mood and Cortisol”, Personality and Social

Psychology Bulletin 36(1) P71-81, © 2010 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

6 Peter Walsh, “Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?”, Free Press 2008

A company in Singapore loses

>$4,000 profit per employee

per year due to clutter-related

productivity losses4

Managing the volume of

clutter increases stress

levels by 41%5

Clutter is

anecdotally

linked to

obesity6

23% of adults say they pay

bills late & incur fees

because they lose them1

TIME MONEY WELL-BEING

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Your environment is

greater than your will

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Clearing clutter increases profits by

at least $4,000 per employee per

year1,2

Expenses

Profit

$4,000/

person/ yr Unnecessary

expenses

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● Turning up late for work

● Missing project deadlines

● Duplicating lost

paperwork

● Sending wrong orders to

customers

● Falling sick often

● High staff turnover

1 John Ortberg, When The Game Is All Over It Goes Back In The Box (2007); and James Gleck, Faster (1999); The Independent (2005)

2 Calculated based on Singapore’s 2011 per capita income, IMF


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