Look specifically at the items that are most likely to accumulate in your home and figure out why. Clutter is a symptom of some barrier to clean-up. Maybe those items do not have a proper home yet, or maybe their home is inconveniently located. Maybe your husband is more likely to put papers in a box than in a hanging folder. Maybe your son does not want to carry his toys back to his room when he only plays in the living room. Maybe you have been overly ambitious thinking you would sew the buttons back on all of those pants for the past five years. Look critically at your messes to
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