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I checked out Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff from the library. I haven’t found it to be very helpful, except for the descriptions of the various “clutter types” in the beginning. It seems that I am a “Concealer” type (lots of stuff, but very well organized) and MFH is an “Accumulator” type (lots and LOTS of stuff, not well organized).

This passage is dead-on for our situation:

Accumulators and Concealers.Of all the potential clutter combinations, this one is fraught with the most potential difficulties. The Accumulator will resent the Concealer messing with his or her stuff, while the Concealer’s continuing attempts to bring order to the chaos is like shoveling the tide with a pitchfork. Separate housing may be the only solution.

Then add OLC, who is what I would call a “Distributor”–taking random things from one part of the apartment to another–and there’s no need to wonder what it is that I do all day.