Finding Happiness in Your Underwear Drawer: Clutter Clearing Choices by Barbara Tako
Okay, it’s a new year and we’ve got resolutions to keep. Mostly the same ones we break every year—I will lose weight, I will stop smoking, I will become organized. We prepare so many “wills,” we might as well be lawyers. Then we could sue ourselves for breach of contract.
While there are a number of books marketed that will help you “clean up,” Clutter Clearing Choices does what its title suggests, gives the reader choices. Cookie-cutter cleaning solutions will not work for everyone, especially those of us who buy their cookies in boxes and bags. Clutter Clearing Choices individualizes the attack on “stuff” to suit the personality of its readers. Those who need more inspiration should spend a few weeks with Hoarders.
Being a disorganized person, I opened Barbara Tako’s wonderful book (meant for people like me) at random and found myself laughing at her gentle humor while being guided on how to declutter, depoison, and demystify my refrigerator. Tako doesn’t just know what’s in your fridge, she knows why it’s there, how long it’s been there, and what you should do with it. Her advice is common sense, but knowing it and hearing it from an expert are two different things. Are there a ton of things in your fridge that you won’t use, but you won’t throw out? Tako’s approach is so logical, it doesn’t make sense not to follow her advice. You’ll be surprised at how much happier you’ll be—I recently paid someone to organize my upright freezer, and now I’m nearly giddy every time I look inside. I actually can find stuff—wow!
Tako’s no-nonsense approach to storage helps the reader decide what kind of storage is best for one’s own needs, and what kind of storage suits one’s lifestyle. After all, what’s the sense of having storage containers that you don’t use because they’re inconvenient or placed in a poor location?
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