Word: clutter
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Simplicity is always the goal. This year I was going to donate the clothes I’ve had since Mystic Pizza, sell my extra coursebooks and buy a large supply of postage stamps. All this so I could minimize clutter and maximize efficiency while focusing my entire senior existence on my thesis...
...abandoned suitcase lying open on the ground. And instead of composing his images formally he seems to snap at random, cutting off people's heads or tilting the horizon. Sometimes he doesn't even look through the viewfinder, but aims high and low at light fixtures or the clutter on a diner's counter...
...list last April. "Now I wake up excited to be alive." And while there is no shortage of organizational guides for sale in bookstores, or professionals who will do the dirty work for a fee, only Cilley offers a free service that promises both inner joy and a clutter-free home...
...help flybabies stay on track, Cilley bombards them with e-mail reminders--about 10 a day--to do a five-minute "room rescue," say, or to plan their calendar for the following week. She sends out daily "attitude adjusting" essays with titles such as "Eviction Notice: Clutter, Pack Your Bags!" and "Do Not Crash and Burn!" followed by testimonials from members. One new mother from Pittsburgh recently wrote in to say, "With the FlyLady at my side, I am not A.L.O.N.E.--anxious, lost, overwhelmed, negative and exhausted...
...mails create too much clutter in themselves? "Just delete them," says Cilley, who insists that the goal is progress, not perfection. One rule, however, is ironclad: no whining...