My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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9 Common Myths about Clearing Clutter.

Every Wednesday is Tip Day or List Day. One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that Outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should. After all, in the context of a happy life, a messy desk or house is a trivial problem—yet I’ve …