It’s Not as Bad as It Looks, or, Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover

I don’t know why, but every time I try to organize my house, things always look worse before they get better. It doesn’t make sense to me. I sort through things, throw away quite a bit of stuff, and yet the mess seems bigger than before. It’s downright disheartening - even without the comments I get from the peanut gallery. The peanut gallery shouldn’t make comments until they have tried to help…