Teens & Messy Rooms - WSJ article

<p>When I was young I was neat, always rearranging my room, we moved a lot so didn’t have a lot of sentimental belongings. </p>

<p>With my girls, we purged their childhood stuff every year. Donating it to charities. They learned their stuff could make someone elses life a bit happier, we arrest a family of holding onto material goods ie stuffed toys. Why hold onto them when it can put a smile on a little kids face?</p>

<p>When ds lived at home, they had to do a power cleaning whenever there was a three day weekend. Or a donation pickup. For me it was a matter of making entire familys life easier, waiting for someone to find something, trying to get out of house in a time.y fashion, if rooms and clothes were manageable, the. Life just ran smoother all around. Did want perfection, just havitabioty</p>