Property News · October 29, 2016

How we live today is neatly defined by our take on mess | Gaby Hinsliff


Decluttering makes unnecessary work for women but can be undeniably reassuring in a chaotic worldThree coffee cups jostle with a pile of unread books, a tangle of chargers and a small avalanche of paper perilously close to sliding on to the floor. Somewhere beneath all this junk is my desk, and somewhere on that – maybe behind one of those dried-up tester pots of paint, or underneath yesterday’s newspaper? – is a letter that needs signing. Somewhere.But it’s fine because, according to the economist Tim Harford, a tidy desk genuinely is a sign of a wasted life. Well, sort of. In his new book, Messy, he explores the eternal cliche that creativity springs from chaos and concludes that tidying up too much – either literally, or figuratively by creating overly rigid systems or ways of thinking – really is counterproductive. Take that, so-called decluttering experts, with your endless guff about the right way to fold T-shirts! Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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