I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.

One of my strengths as a writer, if I do say so myself,

is writing endings.

I'm really good at writing endings.

And I've mentioned a couple of times

that I've been working on a little side project, just

for fun, called Outer Order Intercom.

This book is a collection of all the tips and strategies

that I've gathered over the years about how to fight clutter.

That is a subject that I love.

And as I was writing about suggestions

like, follow the one minute rule.

Don't put things down, put them away.

Go shelf by shelf.

Observe power hour.

Some place keep an empty shelf.

I was struck by a tip that seems to me upon reflection

to be the most important tip of all.

And it's the final tip in the book.

And that is to remember love.

When your parents are driving you crazy

because they've kept every piece of your school work

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