{"id":501,"date":"2016-11-07T08:21:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2016-11-07T08:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T13:21:12","slug":"the-pain-of-clutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"The Pain of Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-502 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN-300x300.png\" alt=\"pain\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PAIN.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have seen it more times than I can count&#8230;&#8230;.the pain of clutter.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen it in the eyes of my clients when they realize how much &#8220;stuff&#8221; they have accumulated and the time and hard work it will take to clear it out. \u00a0I have seen it when they realize how much money has been spent and how much of their time and life has been wasted &#8220;organizing&#8221; and managing all of their purchases.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen it in the eyes of my clients&#8217; children when they talk about the &#8220;stuff&#8221; they will have to deal with once their parents are gone.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen it in the eyes of the young children when they are so overwhelmed with clutter\/toys, \u00a0they go watch TV instead of playing with all the toys surrounding them.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen it in the eyes of parents who watch their children and grandchildren try to live in the middle of too much &#8220;stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen it in the eyes of people whose thoughts and past lives are cluttering up their minds, their today and their future.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to own and think about too much &#8220;stuff&#8221; and it is hard letting go of too much &#8220;stuff&#8221;, but I know, without a doubt, \u00a0you are able to live a much fuller life with less &#8220;stuff&#8221; to manage.<\/p>\n<p>The pain of clutter is real, but there is a way out of the pain. \u00a0You have to take action. \u00a0You have to take the first step, then the next and keep on walking until you are living the life you desire. \u00a0 Start taking the steps today&#8230;&#8230;for you, for your family, and for your future. \u00a0You won&#8217;t regret it, but you will regret not doing it. \u00a0The pain of clutter is real, but there is freedom from the pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have seen it more times than I can count&#8230;&#8230;.the pain of clutter. I have seen it in the eyes of my clients when they realize how much &#8220;stuff&#8221; they have accumulated and the time and hard work it will take to clear it out. \u00a0I have seen it when they realize how much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}