(Whoopie! That's great!) but somehow the house doesn't look as good as they thought it would. What's the matter? A little four letter word is missing when they look around the room. That word is NEAT.
They have a place for everything but things are not put back into their place quickly enough. While they are sitting around waiting to be ushered back into their homes, they make the house look messy.
The solution is to neaten the house as you go. Never leave something out "just for now." That is the kiss of neatness death. Do you need to put it back? Put on speed twix the need and the deed. In other words, swoosh it right back in immediately. If you slip up and leave it out, zip it in as soon as you notice it.
Perhaps it is not happenstance that "neat" rhymes with the modern meaning of "sweet," meaning "very, very nice."
- excerpt from the Organizer Lady