A review by babbsb
A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder - How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-The-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place by Eric Abrahamson, David H. Freedman

3.0

Started out strong, then it kind of devolved into more and more trivialized anecdotes. I do agree with the notion that too much organization is a detriment and hinders productivity as you feel like you need to clean due to societal pressures. Some order is absolutely necessary. We cannot all be like Arnold Schwarzenegger and have no set schedule or agenda. Nothing would get done. In the end, mess isn't inherently bad and over-organization can be a huge problem. Many of the strong claims of this book appear more to be "Here's a better way to be neat while being seemingly messy, even though it's not," rather than "Being messy is good for you."