1 Feb 2019, 01:59

I love your thoughts on open loops @demotlj , its better than any explanation I could have given to @Laurel-Aylesworth. My understanding was simply that Open Loops are tasks or projects that have been started (even just by thinking of them or acquiring the materials) but not yet concluded--so they just sit there, unfinished, distracting you and making you feel guilty.

She mentions the whole Magic of Tidying Up craze in the chapter, and while I'm not in favor of getting rid of posessions for the sake of being minimalist, I do agree that mess and clutter often represent projects, obligations, and decisions that we are avoiding.