SANDRA Felton is the best-selling author of books that are meant to help people to bring order and beauty to their homes. In Living Organized, she states that there are two kinds of people: cleanies and messies, organised and disorganised beings. This is because human brain has two parts: the left part is verbal, logical, and analytical; the right one is more creative and less organised. Messies are right-brain dominant. Felton shows how they are different from others and how they can be reformed. To make sure that this happens without impairing their creativity, she recommends that we need to find out exactly what prevents them from being well organised. As an illustration of a messie child, she discusses the case of Hubert, who revels in creating mess around him, and causes endless trouble to his parents, but is eventually helped by Mrs Piggle-Wiggle to clean up things on his own.
Felton provides interesting information about why people become messies: either because of childhood habits or because of living alone or because of refusing help from others. The spread of technology too has a role in it, for people have to keep on adjusting to its changing demands.
Felton also shows how with a little bit of effort, things can be changed and clutter can be removed from homes to create beauty by attending to simple tasks of arranging shoes, books, closets, clothes, bathrooms, and other places. Measures can also be put in place to ensure that things do really happen. The play of imagination and creativity in the messies can be channelised to work magic within homes. In short, Felton provides all the required information in detail as well as in a summarised form that can help people to make radical changes in their life style.
Felton’s presentation of all the practical tips in a plain style makes her book an interesting and useful read.
