You can't tap your way out of your messy life. (We know; we tried.)
In November, my family and I moved from a city townhouse into a suburban house-house and suddenly, it became clear to me that I was going to have to get serious about being organized about keeping everything in order. Each night it felt like I went straight from a day of work to an evening of cooking, laundry, cleaning, and then bed with no pleasure or down time in between. If I only had the right way of keeping track of my life and home, I thought, I'd have both a tidy house and time to enjoy it.