Uncluterer vs. Cleaner Debate
There is a curious article on installing processes in life to help you manage it better. The author claims that by installing “processes” for routine tasks we become happier and more organized. If a cleaner does each cleaning as a new job, an “uncluterer” puts a process in place that makes doing the task easy, specific and simple.
My first impression after reading the article was positive. After all, more organization in life sounds like fun. I myself have some issues with cleaning & doing the laundry. I caught myself on the second thought, however. Do these processes make us more automated and less human?
There is place for beauty and creativity in everything we do. Even routine tasks can be made less routine with a touch of imagination. Doing the laundry you may imagine a renewal of personal image. Cleaning the room you can think of changing your life for the better. Managing papers on your desk you can rethink the business strategy. I am not so sure if this imagination thing works when you automate these tasks.
Certainly, if the sole criteria of whether to be a cleaner or an “unclutterer” is how many days per month your living space is neat and tidy, you have to try both and see for yourself. I would go for the cleaner, though. Too much of organization makes me think I’m less of a person and more of a machine with a program in place. What about you?
