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The Broken Window Theory If there is an old abandoned warehouse in your town and it has a broken window that is left broken, what happens? Before long, there will be two broken windows, three broken windows, four, five – until the building is full of broken windows and the building begins to deteriorate. Then the neighborhood begins to deteriorate. If nobody cares enough to fix the first broken window, others will be compelled to break more windows and do more harmful damage, because there is no order or rule enforcement. In other words, if you let the small stuff slide, the small stuff will soon turn into big stuff. If you toss your jacket over the back of the sofa, so what? It is only one jacket, right? What if you spouse walks in and tosses his or her jacket right next to yours? After all, you just expressed tossing a jacket on the sofa is okay by tossing your jacket on the sofa. Then, your kids come home from school activities and toss their jackets on the sofa. They figure if the system is good enough for mom and dad, then it’s good enough for them, too. It won’t take long for your home to be a mess! The next time you consider tossing the mail on the dining room table instead of going through it right now or letting the laundry pile up all week rather than doing a load a day, think about the broken window theory. Most clutter can be avoided by taking a moment to put things away now or by immediately getting rid of things you no longer need. |
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