This study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand-and perhaps alleviate-the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. For a widely dreaded, often mundane task, organizing one-s possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. Today, those with the means can hire professionals to help sort and declutter their homes. In More Than Pretty Boxes, Carrie M. Lane introduces us to this world of professional organizers and offers new insight into the domains of work and home, forever entangled-especially for women. The female-dominated organizing profession didn-t have a name until the 1980s, but it is now the subject of countless reality shows, podcasts, and magazines. Lane draws on interviews with organizers, including many of the field-s founders, to trace the profession-s history and uncover its enduring appeal to those seeking meaningful, flexible, self-directed work. Taking readers behind the scenes of real-life organizing se
