“Don’t Throw It, Put It Aside”
If you’re trying to keep your home or workplace tidy, this simple mantra can help keep clutter from building up.
Flat surfaces can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it’s great to have a place to work or play, but on the other hand, these flat surfaces act like a magnet for things. In Life-Changing Cleaning Magic: The Japanese Art of Clearing Clutter and Organization, author Mari Kondo lays out a simple mantra to keep your flat surfaces from becoming a repository:
Don’t put it off, put it off.
Tools, toys, and other things you own should have a home somewhere. Not everything needs to be hidden, but the dining table doesn’t have to be a landfill area. Your kitchen counter doesn’t have to be universal for every tool you use to cook. It’s easy to just put things back in place, but not much more difficult to put them away when they have a home. Keeping your room clean can really be that easy.
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