Have you ever heard of kipple?\u00a0 \u201cWhen nobody’s around, kipple reproduces itself. For instance, if you to go bed leaving any kipple around your apartment, when you wake up there is twice as much of it. It always gets more and more.\u201d Philip K. Dick in his book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (which was made into the movie Blade Runner) said this.\u00a0 Sometimes I feel like this is not some futuristic possibility, but the reality we all face today.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not independent of our behavior though. When I was in my first apartment, I would often need to spend a day or more picking it up and cleaning to be ready for my dad to visit. (See, I wasn\u2019t always an organized person!)\u00a0 I\u2019d plan that it\u2019d never get that bad again, yet in that tiny studio apartment, one area would slowly start to collect clutter.\u00a0 Before I knew it, the other areas would be infected with other clutter.<\/p>\n
Some of that was that there was nowhere in there that you could not see the rest of the space.\u00a0 When just a little bit of clutter starts to accumulate and you let it sit there, you are less likely to avoid dropping more clutter around.\u00a0 Just the sight of a little clutter lowers your response to adding to it.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s just a little more \u2013 and I\u2019ll deal with it quickly later.\u201d<\/p>\n
And so it starts.<\/p>\n
On some level this is unavoidable.\u00a0 We all have the pending stuff we\u2019re trying to deal with \u2013 it can\u2019t get put away completely yet, so you set it off to the side.<\/p>\n
Do you then see the piles begin to build up?\u00a0 Whether it is from yourself or others in your home, it\u2019s human nature to get a little \u201clazy\u201d about adding to the piles.\u00a0 Some of the most organized people I know struggle with this phenomenon \u2013 and often they berate themselves for it.<\/p>\n
The multiplying kipple can be that much worse for those who share their home, with a spouse, children, even a roommate!\u00a0 We all organize and manage our things differently, these differences can lure us into allowing the clutter to accumulate before our eyes and before we recognize it.<\/p>\n
It comes down to maintainence.\u00a0 I\u2019ve accepted that a certain number of piles will appear over the course of a week \u2013 though the sizes vary.\u00a0 What matters is what I do about it and what I tell my clients to do \u2013 make time weekly or even daily to deal with it.\u00a0 I also make a point to evaluate what is getting piled \u2013 What types of things are there?\u00a0 Do they have a home?\u00a0 Do they need a home?\u00a0 Am I frustrated with the things (and therefore not dealing with them)? Is there a better way?<\/p>\n
Do I wish that there were never any piles?\u00a0 YES!\u00a0 We are not perfect, and at least according to Philip K. Dick, kipple is unavoidable.\u00a0 Therefore, I\u2019m determined to limit the kipple and encourage others to keep their own kipple under manageable levels.\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0 Good Luck \u2013 don\u2019t look away for too long since it does multiply when you\u2019re not looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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