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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Interesting Clutter and Organization Statistics
I thought the following statistics were interesting and motivating! The first several statistics are from the National Association of Professional Organizers.
- 80 percent of what we keep, we never use
- People who multitask are less efficient than those who focus on one project at a time
- 23 percent of adults say they pay bills late because they lose them
- We wear 20 percent of the clothes we own 80 percent of the time
- 50 percent of homeowners rate the garage as the most disorganized place in the house
- Americans waste nine million hours per day searching for misplaced items (source:
American Demographics Society)
- The average US executive wastes six weeks per year searching for missing information in messy desks and files - translates to one hour a day (source: The Wall Street Journal)
- The average American burns 55 minutes a day – roughly 12 weeks a year – looking for things they know they own but can’t find. (source: Newsweek, June 7, 2004 citing a study by a Boston marketing firm)
- 25 percent of people with two-car garages don’t park any cars in there and 32 percent park only one (source: U.S. Department of Energy)
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