I don't think it's a "planner thing", but I am fortunate to work in a planning department where most of us are of the cluttered variety. I think we all recognize the damage it does but at the same time we de-clutter periodically and we understand each other. I don't feel like I have to put some kind of face on my desk or my operations. I can be completely honest about the way I am. This hasn't always been true; in other cities I have had to fake a kind of organization that I did not have, because I stood out. Now, the people I work with don't let that get in the way of their appreciation of my abilities. This is why I am still there, after five and a half years, in a job I expected to last a few months!

I did clear up my desk. It isn't pin-neat but much better and workable. My house is more of a challenge. Part of the reason is just that I don't have the strength to do everything, physically. And I don't yet have the space to store things or to take things out to look at and sort through. But I have checked out storage buildings in several places and decided where I'll go when I get the money, so I'm on my way.

Right now I am considering ebay for a few items. Or Goodwill.

The real challenge, I think, is to keep my mind forward-looking, and not sink into that "woe is me. I never succeed" mode. Is it that way for you, too? I suspect so.