Free Articles on Organizing and Clutter
THE PAPER TRAIL OF MODERN LIVING
Last issue I spoke at length about household clutter: how it makes us feel, why we hang on to it and strategies to clear our space. This issue will specifically address our challenges with paper. Remember the rumours that suggested that computers were going to create a paperless society? So much for that idea! With the advent of fax machines, printers and photocopiers, we are much more likely to print off documents and emails now than ever before. The trees are not the only ones suffering, so are we!
SETTING THE MOOD IN YOUR SPACE
It’s 5:47pm and all the seats on the bus are taken. Your stomach is grumbling and you need to get home, now! With a groan you remember the state of your apartment. Just the thought of it causes your energy to drop a few levels on the energy metre. You briefly consider staying on the bus and going along for the ride but without a seat you decide to get off at your stop as usual. Sound familiar?
CONSUMER CULTURE: BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
Some people might argue that the newly created field of professional organizers would not exist were it not for the turbo-charged consumer culture that has been diligently built and deliberately encouraged since the end of world war two, and I for one would agree with them.
