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Living in chaos offers clear advantages: flexibility, agility and out-of-the-box thinking. Explains Eric Abrahamson, professor of management at Columbia University.
Down with stereotypes!
Everyone is more or less convinced that they will only benefit if there is more order in life, home and workplace. This thought is so deeply rooted in our heads that we forget: there is a price for being organized and neat. At some point, the result ceases to justify the time and energy spent on cleaning. Or maybe, ideally, you just want to achieve the optimum level of clutter possible? According to Eric Abrahamson, people who are moderately disorganized are often more flexible, creatively active and efficient than those who have everything laid out on the shelves. What's more, positive clutter can reduce stress, sometimes quite significantly.
Too clean a house is dangerous
A British study published in March found that children who are forced to inhale the fumes of household cleaning products are more likely to have asthma.
Get used to the mess!
+ It saves time. Yes Yes! Oddly enough, people who keep their workplaces "immaculate" spend an average of 36% more time looking for the right thing than those who admit that their desk is "rather a mess." And this figure does not yet take into account the time spent on unfolding into boxes, sorting and processing incoming information.
+ It is an advanced classification system (often subconscious). A characteristic feature of those who like to fill up the table with a mountain of papers is that they put them in three piles: "urgent", "less urgent", "can wait." As a result, the necessary documents themselves fall into their hands. That is, disorder does not mean a complete lack of order.
Famous sluts
Is the mess in the house a confusion of thoughts? Calm down: Sigmund Freud managed to place a collection of antiques, numbering two thousand items, in his home and in his study.
Alexander Fleming only discovered penicillin because he forgot to wash the bacterial culture dish in time.
Albert Einstein asked: "If a mess in the office indicates a mess in the head, then what about an empty office?"
+ It promotes creativity. Too strict an order limits the breadth of thought. The bohemian spirit helps fight prejudices, habits and obsessions with logic. Many celebrity chefs like to work with cluttering food and kitchen utensils so they can experiment with new flavors and textures. The confusion in the laboratories led to many scientific discoveries: X-rays, plastic conductors, "fossil" radiation from the Big Bang...
+ It makes life easier. Children do not want to make the bed, wash and sit at the table? Some experts suggest that their protest is prompted by a parental requirement to perform household rituals in strict sequence. Many children appreciate it when their daily routine is disrupted from time to time. Maybe this also applies to adults?
Down with stereotypes!
Everyone is more or less convinced that they will only benefit if there is more order in life, home and workplace. This thought is so deeply rooted in our heads that we forget: there is a price for being organized and neat. At some point, the result ceases to justify the time and energy spent on cleaning. Or maybe, ideally, you just want to achieve the optimum level of clutter possible? According to Eric Abrahamson, people who are moderately disorganized are often more flexible, creatively active and efficient than those who have everything laid out on the shelves. What's more, positive clutter can reduce stress, sometimes quite significantly.
Too clean a house is dangerous
A British study published in March found that children who are forced to inhale the fumes of household cleaning products are more likely to have asthma.
Get used to the mess!
+ It saves time. Yes Yes! Oddly enough, people who keep their workplaces "immaculate" spend an average of 36% more time looking for the right thing than those who admit that their desk is "rather a mess." And this figure does not yet take into account the time spent on unfolding into boxes, sorting and processing incoming information.
+ It is an advanced classification system (often subconscious). A characteristic feature of those who like to fill up the table with a mountain of papers is that they put them in three piles: "urgent", "less urgent", "can wait." As a result, the necessary documents themselves fall into their hands. That is, disorder does not mean a complete lack of order.
Famous sluts
Is the mess in the house a confusion of thoughts? Calm down: Sigmund Freud managed to place a collection of antiques, numbering two thousand items, in his home and in his study.
Alexander Fleming only discovered penicillin because he forgot to wash the bacterial culture dish in time.
Albert Einstein asked: "If a mess in the office indicates a mess in the head, then what about an empty office?"
+ It promotes creativity. Too strict an order limits the breadth of thought. The bohemian spirit helps fight prejudices, habits and obsessions with logic. Many celebrity chefs like to work with cluttering food and kitchen utensils so they can experiment with new flavors and textures. The confusion in the laboratories led to many scientific discoveries: X-rays, plastic conductors, "fossil" radiation from the Big Bang...
+ It makes life easier. Children do not want to make the bed, wash and sit at the table? Some experts suggest that their protest is prompted by a parental requirement to perform household rituals in strict sequence. Many children appreciate it when their daily routine is disrupted from time to time. Maybe this also applies to adults?
