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The upside of untidiness: why a little mess can be good for your home

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By Jamal Abarashi
| The Conversation Verified
If we’re to follow the philosophy of organiser extraordinaire Marie Kondo, a tidy home is a better home. Albert Einstein, however, might have contested that point. “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind,” goes a quote widely attributed to the famed physicist, “of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” My newly published research, which studied 22 New Zealand households, also challenges the conventional wisdom that mess is a problem which must be fixed.
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Feeling controlled by the chaos in your home? 4 ways to rein in clutter and stay tidy

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By Jamal Abarashi
| Village Life.ca
Maintaining a tidy home is a never-ending challenge. And tidiness goes beyond aesthetics – it contributes to a person’s mental wellbeing. So what are the best strategies for creating and maintaining order? A growing body of research into tidiness and decluttering, including our own, might offer helpful insights. As part of our ongoing research project, we analyzed popular cleaning and decluttering videos on YouTube as well thousands of the comments below them.
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Feeling controlled by the chaos in your home? 4 ways to rein in clutter and stay tidy

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By Jamal Abarashi
| Daily Bulletin AU Verified
Maintaining a tidy home is a never-ending challenge. And tidiness goes beyond aesthetics – it contributes to a person’s mental wellbeing. So what are the best strategies for creating and maintaining order? A growing body of research into tidiness and decluttering, including our own, might offer helpful insights. As part of our ongoing research project, we analysed popular cleaning and decluttering videos on YouTube as well thousands of the comments below them.
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