I spent years waiting for the next phase of my life to magically improve the state of my home. I had absolutely no doubt whatsoever that if only I didn’t have such a crazy and unpredictable schedule, or nightly rehearsals after full days of teaching, or such a small apartment, or a house with no proper storage, or kids in diapers, or whatever I was living in the moment, I would be organized. As each new phase of life unfolded, I was disappointed again to learn my messiness hadn’t been magically cured by my circumstances. Things finally changed when I accepted this: the basics are the basics no
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