Last summer a friend suggested that I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. I had just finished graduate school, had a soon to be teenager and was expecting my second child two months later. To say that my house was a mess was an understatement. Our office had become a space where we threw objects in and shut the door. This room would need to become a baby room, and that meant we would finally have to face the music and would have to address the mess. I listened to the audiobook and it has had a powerful impact on my life. I have severe anxiety and parting with objects is always something I struggle with. This book helped me to gain closure with donating and saying goodbye to things we don't need. I am also an English teacher, so I also struggle with paper clutter. I am still in the process of trying to part with some books I know I will not revisit, but this has also been a challenge for me. I'm almost a year in with decluttering, and I'm b...