It is very important to me that my house is not like my mother's was....cluttered and unorganized. Although she had strong ideas about what should be cleaned and when, the house never looked clean because there was too much stuff and things in disarray. Even though it has been over 40 years since I lived with my mother, it makes me crazy when anything in my house digresses in anyway which reminds me of that chaos. I do wish I had been taught the habits of organization and techniques of keeping a tidy house when I was a child. It seems I spent much of my life *looking for misplaced items*. Simple principles of organization would have spared me all that wasted effort. I still do not consider myself an organized person as it doesn't come naturally, but it is a goal I strive for.