Stuff Management

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Messies, Decluttering & Mess Deconstruction

The "how" of home organization isn't difficult. But professional organizers act like getting organized once will turn you into a Tidy person

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Delegation as Life Skill (Or, How to Clean House While Sitting on Your A**)

I am on my screened porch, watching the hummingbirds, but my house will be clean by the end of the day. How is this possible? Delegation.

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Resources We Love: Home Cleaning and Organizing

Are you searching for routines to follow to keep your home clean and organized?

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Household Division of Labor: What's Fair?

We can blame the Victorians for women's sense of shame about the messiness of their homes.

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Hate Laundry? 30 Solutions to Reduce Barriers & Make it Easier

Laundry has always been a challenge for me, but after a lifetime of tweaking, I've finally found ways to make it better.

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Introducing the Messy Desk Journal: No foolish consistency

For years, I sought a perfect system that I can consistently maintain to keep my life in order--in time, housekeeping, and thought...

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Messy Desk Rules

Every person is unique. No solution is universal. Make it easy. Lean into your strengths. Don't waste time on unimportant junk.

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The Strengths of Being Messy

It turns out that there are advantages to being a little bit messy--we aren't talking all-out hoarding or seriously unhygienic.