Diana Spellman

I’m sure you did.  We all did.  I look at what used to happen when I told my kids to do this.  Basically, they’d go up and play.  Then I’d go up and remind them what they were supposed to be doing.  Repeat.  Until perhaps a little ‘raised voice’ approach occurred.  Eventually you may get tidy rooms. The tip of the iceberg But what lurked …

More home working is likely to be a permanent fixture for a majority of businesses, according to the BBC (5th October 2020).  It’s now time to address the challenges of homeworking head-on, and deal with the mess stress it can cause.  If you are trying to work but can see piles of stuff around you, or you can always see that laptop and work notebook staring at …

I did.  And it caused me what I now call Mess Stress.  Anxiety even.  I actually couldn’t relax on my time off because I was constantly thinking I should be sorting it out.  It affected my ability to enjoy time with my family.  Because either I tidied – meaning I felt guilty about the time away from my family – or I didn’t do it …

Like no other time, worklife and homelife have merged. A bit like the mullet: business at the front, party at the back. Except that party is probably your kids ‘learning’ in the background while you attempt the team meeting. And even if you don’t have kids, who doesn’t have their kitchen table reconditioned into a workstation? I began Serenely Sorted after I started working from …