How Tidying My Workspace Changed My Life
Why Tidying Up Improves Work Performance
Are Messy People Really More Creative?
The High Cost of Nonphysical Clutter
Tidying Up Helps You Find a Sense of Purpose
2 | If You Keep Falling Back to Clutter
Visualizing Your Ideal Work Life
Tidy Up All in One Go and You’ll Never Rebound
Create an Environment Where You Can Focus
Let Your Tidying Festival Begin!
Books: Discover Your Values Through Tidying
Papers: The Basic Rule Is Discard Everything
Divide Komono into Subcategories
How Tidying Up Can Change Your Life
Mifuyu’s Life-Changing Experience
From Tidying the Physical Aspects to Tidying the Nonphysical Aspects of Your Workspace
You Don’t Need a Lot of Folders for Your Digital Documents
Don’t Let Email Take Over Your Work
Fewer Apps on Your Phone Means Fewer Distractions
Activity Clutter Disrupts Our Days
Make a Task Pile to Find Out What Your Actual Job Is
Evaluate Your Tasks to Make Your Job More Joyful
Create a Clean Space on Your Calendar
Most Low-Stakes Decisions Don’t Deserve Your Time and Energy
Create a Pile of Medium-and High-Stakes Decisions
Sort Through Your Decision Pile
Tidying Choices: More Options Aren’t Always Better
Good Enough Is Good Enough for Most Decisions
How Big a Network Do You Need?
Evaluate Your Contacts to Identify Joy-Sparking Relationships
How to Make High-Quality Connections
Separate Messy Meetings from Irrelevant Ones
Going to More Meetings Doesn’t Make You More Valuable
Anyone Can Bring More Joy to a Meeting
Don’t Create Messes for Your Teammates
Disagreements Don’t Always Make a Mess
Big Teams Are Usually Full of Clutter
10 | Sharing the Magic of Tidying
Let Your Tidying Inspire Others
11 | How to Spark Even More Joy at Work
Caring for What We Keep Improves Work Performance
Adding More Joy to Your Workspace
Should You Change Your Job If It Doesn’t Spark Joy?
Enjoy the Process of Creating a Joyful Work Life
When the Fear of Others’ Opinions Holds You Back
Make Time for Honest Self-Reflection
Ways We Tidy Up Work as a Couple
Your Work and Your Life Are the Sum of Your Choices