Gretchen Rubin Quotes

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

I hate clutter.

Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction.

I hate clutter. I can't stand it.

I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.

I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear desk and a tidy desktop, with as few visual distractions as possible. I don't mind sound distractions, but visual ones freak me out.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Put all the menus and TV guides and magazines and local info papers in the drawers. I hate clutter!

I really like keeping my kitchen counters as clear as possible. I tend to function better when there's less clutter.

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.

Less mess, less stress. That's my rule! If you don't stay on top of decluttering, it can get out of control. I maintain as much as possible. I'll do seasonal edits and decide what we can toss or donate. If we don't love it, need it or haven't used it in the past year, it's gone.

Really living without clutter takes an iron will ... This involves eternal watchfulness and that oldest and most relentless of the housewife's occupations, picking up. I have a feeling that picking up will go on long after ways have been found to circumvent death and taxes.

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

I have personal issues with clutter. I, personally, am very minimalist and like a clean slate. I like to throw everything away.

You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I'm Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army and I take no prisoners. The rest of my life is an experiment in chaos so I like to keep my flat neat.

My filing system is messy but orderly.

I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.

I am an organization freak!

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

I'm able to think more clearly when I don't have clutter and stuff around.

I can't stand things being out of place.

I don't like a lot of clutter.