by Laura J Novak | Jan 24, 2016 | Life Changing Magic of Tidying
The paper part very nearly took me down. Going through nine years of forgotten papers, nine years of a life in a rather stuck place…I spent over a week in paper purgatory, ignoring emails and life, swallowed whole by my not yet tidy house. Singing & Shredding...
by Laura J Novak | Jan 17, 2016 | Life Changing Magic of Tidying
Letting Books Go? Why would the English major do that? Surprising, however, was how many books I was glad to send on their merry way, to another voracious reader who could make more magic with them. For instance, Anna Karenina and War and Peace had been waiting...
by Laura J Novak | Jan 12, 2016 | Life Changing Magic of Tidying
My closet stared questioningly, empty for the first time since my U-Haul pulled up nine years ago. The vacuum spun dust bunnies into cotton candy. I double-checked for small animals, children, or immigrants hiding in there. Perhaps they heard the strange sound of the...
by Laura J Novak | Jan 8, 2016 | Life Changing Magic of Tidying
I have discovered surprisingly hateful feelings toward most socks when I picked them up to see if they inspired joy. According to the author, it’s likely because of the intolerant way I have balled them up in my drawer. They are to be folded gently so they can...
by Laura J Novak | Jan 1, 2016 | Life Changing Magic of Tidying
“The state of your house is a reflection of how you feel about yourself,” she said to me. First horror, then denial. Embarrassment, shame, another full year of denial. Cleaning has been such anathema to me that my quest to find the power button on the vacuum cleaner...
