A Chinese woman has made good use of her OCD by helping others organize their wardrobes for money.

Twenty-four-year-old Deng Mei from Chengdu is currently in the business of organizing wardrobes, simply because she can’t stand to see clutter scattered aroundd. She admits to having obsessive compulsive disorder, which triggered the start of her growing business.

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A Disorder Brings Order

Deng and her unique service began when she was babysitting at the end of 2014. She said she helped a client organize her wardrobe because she couldn’t stand the mess. Deng’s client, happy with her help, told her to consider turning her OCD into a wardrobe-organizing business instead.

Since then, Deng, who holds a business management degree from Sichuan University, has been organizing wardrobes and has already accumulated more than 100 regular clients, most of which are rich business people who simply don’t have the time or know-how to clean their own wardrobes.

Deng, who also worked as a salesperson at a garment shop before her wardrobe career, usually takes about three hours to finish a task, and charges 100 yuan (USD $15) for every meter of wardrobe space that she gets asked to sort or organize. She notes that sometimes, some of her clients have rooms with heavily cluttered wardrobes that she couldn’t find enough space to stand on before she starts.

“Chinese people have the tendency of being impetuous,” Deng said. “All they think of is how to earn more money. They don't seem to care what environment they live in.”

She also said that at times, there would be cases where a client will ask her to do much work. One client, for example, asked her to organize two walk-in closets that took her two days to finish. The biggest amount that she received from a single organizing task was 2,000 yuan (about $309), reports the South China Morning Post.

Better Living Environments

Deng hopes to grow her business and be able to open schools that will teach people how to organize wardrobes. She said that the latter is not meant for people to start their own business, but rather to learn to create better living environments in their homes.

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