For most of my life, I believed nine things about clutter that weren’t true.
I didn’t know they weren’t true. They just sounded right, so I never stopped to question them.
Each one kept me stuck a little longer. Some kept me stuck for years.
So I’d like to share the decluttering myths I believed until my 60s, and what I know now instead. If you’ve been holding on to any of them, I hope this makes your next step a little lighter.
Myth 1: “It’s Too Late to Start”
I used to think decluttering was for younger women. Women with strong backs and lots of energy, who could fill a truck in a weekend.
Then I watched my mother do it in her 80s.
She didn’t fill a truck. She did one small job a day, sitting down, and stopped while she still felt fine. Little by little, her house got easier to live in.
That’s when I learned it’s never too late. It just looks different at our age.
Ten minutes and one drawer still count. I shared how Mom did it in my post on decluttering for women over 80.