Clear the Clutter : Make Space for Your Life

by Van Der Ploeg, Inge

• ISBN13: 9780863154287
• ISBN10: 086315428X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-30
• Publisher: Floris Books

Summary

-- Why do you never have clean clothes when you need them? -- Why do you never know where you put something for safekeeping? -- And why does your life feel so out of control? Whether you need to know how to organize your laundry, weekly shopping, office computer files or your 10-year backlog of family photographs, this book can help. Full of no-nonsense advice, practical exercises, handy tips and checklists, it can be used to address a specific problem or as an overview for clearing up your life. Sorting out your surroundings has other benefits too: the practical experience of ordering a home or work space leads on naturally to rethinking other aspects of life. Clearing out the clutter really can make space for your life, and offer greater emotional and personal stability.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Come inside and make yourself at home
Hearth and Home	13	(8)
A genuine goddess lends a helping hand
Juggling with Five Balls	21	(20)
The foundation of housekeeping
Migrating Objects	41	(14)
The road things travel in your home and in your life
To Have and To Hold	55	(14)
How things are acquired and how to give them a place
To Save or Discard?	69	(16)
Decision-making and goal fulfilment
The Art of Saving Things	85	(18)
The difference between storage and retrieval systems
Making a Clean-up Plan	103	(18)
Looking ahead and liking it
Remaining Odds and Ends	121	(6)
Departure Hall	127	(2)
Bibliography	129