Why Decluttering and Organizing Helps Your Brain Make Better Decisions: Thoughts from a Professional Organizer
Summary: Discover how decluttering and organizing your home can reduce stress, boost focus, and improve decision-making — especially for neurodivergent individuals. Learn how working with a professional organizer and therapist together can create lasting, supportive change. Did you know that visual and mental clutter are directly linked to feelings of anxiety and chronic stress? There are many studies show that the “ clutter ” in our lives contributes to decision fatigue, cognitive overload, overstimulation, and emotional exhaustion. This clutter can show up in many ways — through the piles of physical belongings, the overflowing schedule, or the endless to-do lists that never seem to end. Whether it happens sometimes or feels constant, most of us have experienced that overwhelming sense of mental chaos at one point or another. Clutter makes your brain work harder. Every object or unfinished task competing for your attention uses up valuable mental energy. The result? Decision-m...