Mess accumulates faster than meaning.

Things accumulate faster than significance. Objects, files, commitments, subscriptions, and half-finished projects all arrive at speed, and almost none of them turn out to matter. The volume grows while the proportion of it worth keeping falls, which is why a full space so often contains very little of value. Accumulation is automatic; meaning is not.

Rather than organizing what you have, try removing a portion of it. Ask of each thing whether it earns its place, not whether it could be useful. What is left will be easier to care about.