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Mess Is Best |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Eric Wills |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Size: 1,289 Words, 8,289 Characters |
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A PERFECT MESS: THE HIDDEN BENEFITS OF DISORDER -- HOW CRAMMED CLOSETS, CLUTTERED OFFICES, AND ON-THE-FLY PLANNING MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman
Little, Brown, $25.99, 328 pages
A few weeks ago, my wife and I purged our apartment. We donated extra furniture and clothes to Goodwill and threw out mountains of old files and bills--all with grand visions dancing in our heads. Maybe our modest one-bedroom apartment would start to feel like a two-bedroom. Maybe the absence of clutter would allow us to save some time--say, two weeks a year. That's how long the average American looks for items like car keys, or so we had heard. Maybe, just maybe, we would lead more efficient, creative and productive lives.
Or maybe not. In a surprisingly entertaining book, Eric Abrahamson ...
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... actually does look nicer. Seems bigger, too. The magazines and newspapers that used to crowd our coffee table generated some sort of discord within us, as if we internalized the external mess. That discord is now gone. Minimalism and organization do have aesthetic merit, I would argue.
My cubicle at work--now that's a different story altogether.
Copyright © 2007 The Washington Times, LLC.
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