The 5 Types of Paper Clutter, and How to Deal with Each of Them -- September Sweep

Some facts just stick with you. I'll never forget a comment one reader, ecuadoriana--a collector of pre-20th century medical journals--left on a post I wrote about paper clutter last year. Apparently hemorrhoids, some time around the late 1800's, used to be called "piles," and ecuadoriana had formed a lasting mental connection. "Every time I see piles of papers, magazines, wayward laundry, etc., start to build up in my house, I imagine that they are hemorrhoids--giant, ugly, painful pains in my ...