Someone recently drew my attention to this blog post, referring to this NY Times article on the delights of a messy desk and “closet” (which is USian for wardrobe). Messy people are more creative, have more agile minds, and earn higher salaries than their tidy-minded friends and colleagues. With the exception of a higher salary (maybe if my day job wasn’t for a charity!), I entirely agree with everything it says. “Mess has resonance”, says the NYT article, which is a great way of putting it. Just so long as it only resonates – it’s when it starts to hum that it becomes a problem.