Archive for the Category »Organizing «

Different organizing methods have been touted as ones that can transform our lives: the Marie Kondo regimen that elicits joy, and others that make things easier on our loved ones who inherit our stuff—like Swedish death cleaning–a technique that purges our house of unnecessary things.

Articles devoted to organizing urge us to purge, clean, donate, sift, and to continually reconfigure our space. Recent trends include Marie Kondo’s essentials of tidying and “how to” of possession management; minimalist “less is more” purge mentality, and room makeovers that accommodate the desire of employees to work from home.