What Prevents People From Decluttering?

According to Mayflower’s 2018 Movers Insights study, the top five things that keep people from decluttering are:

  1. Thinking that they might have a need for a belonging in the future
  2. They have an emotional attachment to an heirloom
  3. Their spouse or significant other cannot come to a consensus as to what to keep and what to toss
  4. They have guilt about throwing away a gift from someone else
  5. They have guilt about disposing of items that they own and bought with their own money

Watch the video below to see the specific percentages surrounding this data.

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