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Quiz: Does Clutter Control You?

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Quiz: Does Clutter Control You?

Is there a stack of mail teetering toward a disaster on your counter? Do you have stacks of magazines from the 1980s that you haven’t looked at since? Find your clutter quotient with this quiz from Unclutter Your Home (Storey Publishing, 1999) by Donna Smallin.

Choose a number between 1 and 4 that best describes your response to each of the following statements.

1: Never or almost never.
2: Sometimes.
3: Usually.
4: All the time.

Then add them up and see how you score below.

1. When I have free time I like to shop.
2. I keep bills, bank statements and other mail in piles, until I have time to file.
3. I have more than 10 plastic bags in my house.
4. I save magazines with interesting articles/recipes.
5. When I look around, I get tired just thinking about what it will take to unclutter my home.
6. I have two or more craft projects going on at any one time.
7. My house may look messy to some people, but I know where to find everything.
8. If someone stops by unexpectedly, I try to avoid letting them in.
9. I leave things out so I know where they are or as a reminder to myself.
10. Time keeps me from getting or being organized.
11. When it comes to clutter, I think, “Why bother? It will just get cluttered again.”
12. I can’t bear to part with things and I consider myself a pack rat.
13. The stress level in our house is directly related to the clutter level.

Next: How did you score?

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431 comments

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7:15PM PDT on Apr 9, 2012

i have to de-clutter every now and then, hence - just temporarily disorganized.
i try to throw stuff every weekend, although it is not always possible

12:19AM PST on Mar 2, 2012

Nope.

9:55AM PST on Feb 28, 2012

34, not as bad as I expected - but bad enough!

8:12AM PST on Feb 10, 2012

Not reassuring results, yikes! Time to get on that.

2:10AM PST on Jan 4, 2012

Great article.

3:28AM PST on Jan 2, 2012

im afraid to take the quiz

8:57PM PST on Dec 27, 2011

Thanks for the useful quiz.

6:10PM PST on Nov 27, 2011

~My whole house needs to be un-cluttered!!`

12:00PM PDT on Oct 23, 2011

26

12:08PM PDT on Oct 17, 2011

I'm "temporarily disorganized", and not likely to change that any time soon. Oh well.

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