Who Needs Decluttering?
You do. If you have the wherewithal to use a computer and the internet, then you share your world with commodities. Whether these commodities are costly or cheap, mass-produced or artisan-made, they have an influence over you once they are in your living space. You own them, but they restrict you.
If you are middle-class, or aspire to be middle-class, or look down on the middle-class, then you really need decluttering. The commodities in your living space probably have value to you as social-status markers. For example, books mark your status as an educated person, heirlooms mark your status as a person with a legacy, and repurposed objects mark your status as an environmentalist.
I don’t judge. I just help discern. I pose the question: “Does this thing serve you now?” It may have served you well in the past. It may serve you now, but to support an unhealthy habit. You may think that it will serve you in the imagined future.
You need decluttering if you stay awake at night worrying about how you are ever going to move from Point A to Point B with all of your material possessions…. Or about how you could even remain at Point A with all of your material possessions. You know they restrict you.
You may feel paralyzed when you try to sort through stuff, and discern what goes and what stays. In my work as a declutterer, I allay that paralysis. I appreciate how much courage and faith it takes for you to engage in the discernment process and stay with it.