Sorting Through Life Episode 25: More Than Pretty Boxes - What Our Clutter Says About Modern Life
- tiffanybeamer
- Jun 22
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 27
Professional home organizer Colleen Waterston sits down with author and anthropologist Carrie Lane to discuss her new book, More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working. Together, they explore why so many Americans feel overwhelmed, how our homes have become a reflection of larger pressures around work, family, and consumer culture, and why professional organizers do far more than create beautiful spaces.
From overstuffed closets to overloaded schedules, this conversation reveals how organizing can help people reclaim not just their homes, but their time, energy, and sense of self. Lane argues that the rise of professional organizing points to a deeper truth: the way we work and live isn't working and organizers may be showing us a better way forward.