My untidy house

And why I'm fine with it.

Thank you to everyone who submitted asks in last week’s call for your stickiest organizing conundrum. Everything from digital clutter to in-between wastelands to handling no closets came up. I love it and I’ll queue up some future newsletters around these topics. If you want to weigh in on what we should cover or see the tips people already started sharing, check out last weeks paid-subscriber comment section.

My mom visited recently. She is a next-level expert on cleanliness and WILL find that bit of dust behind your dresser, no matter how thoroughly you think you’ve cleaned. She’s truly gifted at cleaning and commits to it with her whole heart. One of my strongest childhood memories is of her cleaning the kitchen floor on hands and knees (“the only way to really see all the dirt!”). Somehow I did not inherit her gift for cleaning. I guess with the next generation it genetically morphs into a love of organizing.

However, sometimes my commitment to organizing is hard to see. For instanc…