5 Health Hazards of Clutter
If clutter being a nusiance isn’t enough to get you motivated to declutter your home, how about if you think about it in terms of being hazardous to your health? Maybe that will light a fire. Of course it’s all going to depend on just how much clutter any given household has. One cluttered coffee table-probably not so bad. Every floor and flat surface covered with stuff, maybe more of a problem going on.
I’ve got 5 things that I’ve seen personally that I believe can be hazardous to your health and a great motivators to start the decluttering process:
Hazard #1: Animal feces. It’s much easier for animals to get away with using the floor as a potty when they can’t get out the door. It’s also a lot harder to keep up with cleaning it when you can’t see it or the floor.
Hazard #2: Rodents. What a nice, warm, welcoming environment for these friendly little critters to get come in from out of the cold. I’m sure they are very grateful for mounds of soft clothes and paper to shred for their homes. Rat feces and people are not a good combination for good health.
Hazard #3: Accidents. If your floor is covered with clutter, it’s an accident waiting to happen. You don’t want to trip and fall over your own stuff, nor do you want something to come crashing down on your sweet, little head.
Hazard #4: Fire. Talk about scary! If you have stacks of paper a mile high and trails to get around your home, you could really have a dangerous situation.
Hazard #5: Mold. I’ve worked with paper that was stored in a box so long there was black mold growing in there. That is not good and you don’t want to be breathing that in. The good thing though, there was $500 cash in that box! Your house needs to breathe and if you have your walls piled high with stuff, it’s not breathing properly.
It’s so important that you are happy in your home and that your home isn’t a hazard for you or your family. It’s definitely worth your time, energy and effort to declutter so you and your home can breathe easy!
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Your 5 health hazards reminds me of the show Hoarders…I feel so sorry for people that have such a hard time getting rid of things