Review: Quick overview of clutter management
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2011
A fast paced booklet to help you remove excess clutter from your home.The author, treating clutter as an addiction, jumps right to the point, and identifying 7 main kinds of clutter personalities.  Included are labels like the Paper Pusher, Decor Disaster Victim, and the Chronic Collector (just like the kind they make TV shows about).Right away, I feel left out.  Yes, I have clutter in my home that I want to get rid of, but I don't fit into any of these categories.  Feeling excluded, I continued to read the book to see if there was any useful tips I might be able to incorporate into my life.After reviewing reasons why we collect clutter and some reasons for avoiding an excess of stuff, the author examines several areas of the home and how to purge them of unnecessary things.  For me, the last chapter of the book, How to Maintain a Clutter-Free Home, was the most (possibly only) useful part of the book.  But again, the tips are quite obvious and difficult to incorporate into one's routine without external motivation.All in all, I wasn't very impressed with this booklet.  The book has a very narrow focus on certain kinds of clutter and is difficult to apply on a more general scale.  I'm glad it was a quick reed.  I would have loved some hints on how to de-clutter my email inbox.