Your room is a mirror you walk into every day. What’s it saying about the last month?

Rooms keep a record. Not a moral one about whether you are tidy, but a practical one about how the last few weeks went. You stop seeing it because you are in it every day, which is exactly why it goes on accumulating.

Stand in the doorway once and look as if you have just arrived. One thing will stand out, and that thing is usually a decent summary of the month. Deal with that one thing tonight rather than the whole room.