Decluttering: 'Your home is a reflection of your state of mind'
TV presenter Nick Knowles discusses why decluttering his house was 鈥渟o worth the quality of life鈥濃�� it has provided for him and his eight-year-old son.
Nick told 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake how he tackled throwing away some of his belongings; 鈥渟tart by getting rid of two [boxes] and keep eight, [鈥 then I got carried away and ended up throwing out ten鈥�.
He argues hanging on to too many of his father鈥檚 belongings got in the way of him remembering him properly. 鈥淚鈥檝e [now] got a golf ball that鈥檚 in my eyeline every day, so every day I think of my dad鈥�.
Psychotherapist Helen Sanderson explains why clearing out your home can be beneficial to your wellbeing 鈥渢he more stuff you have, the more you have to manage鈥�.
For those who find it more difficult, she says 鈥渁ll those things we delay and put off, become burdens on our mind and we can鈥檛 be creative鈥�.
This clip is from Nihal Arthanayake on 2 August 2022.
