capsule

Chaotic times call for shorter, simpler plans.

you go first

You can’t wait for the chaos in the world to resolve before you decide what you are going to do.

dither

Pay careful attention to chaos, and it disappears.

chaos lost

At some point, the appearance of chaos goes away with the removal of one more item.

camouflage

Clutter is visually confusing. Your clutter obscures your true nature. That might even be the main reason you have it.

context

It is hard for people to see who you are when you are surrounded by chaos.

home sweet home

If you understand a conventional or traditional way of arranging a home, it is better to organize your home in that way than to not organize it at all.

magictown

If the people around you could do magic, your life would regularly be confusing and unpredictable.

diy after

If you do more things for yourself instead of purchasing them, this leaves you with more things to clean up. The temporary state of disorder is not a sign of laziness, but of industry.

order chaos here

Imagine a catalog that shows all known products in a completely random order.

distant train

A day on which the world is distracted by disasters far away may ironically give you a brief chance to proceed in peace.

blank page

When you’re ready to change things around, it can be a mistake to rely on the way things are as a guide. Your starting point may have been decided mostly by the random circumstances of the past and limitations that no longer apply. Blindly continuing these patterns, you postpone taking charge of your life.

tool box

If you can organize only one place in your house today, organize the tools that you will use over a longer period of time to organize the rest of the house.

your order

When you face too much uncertainty it is hard to decide anything. What seems like a simple decision can take a long time. Focus your decision-making energy on ways to reduce uncertainty. After you have restored a degree of order and certainty you will find that you can make decisions more freely.

wartware

If you believe that there is no art in creating software and that software errors are inevitable random events, then that is probably true of the software you select.

distortion

Action that leans on push and willpower creates chaos which you must not mistake for progress.

midnight

When you expect chaos, show up on time.

looking back

“I accept chaos. I’m not sure whether it accepts me.” – Bob Dylan

off-grid

“Order is repetition of unites. Chaos is multiplicity without rhythm.” – M.C. Escher

storm window

A chaotic time may give you a chance to make personal change with little notice or resistance from the people around you.