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Why I Love Messes
Updated: May 28, 2019
Messes are made of information and people. Abby Covert
Abby Covert’s book How to Make Sense of Any Mess inspired this blog.
One of her many maxims that I find comforting in moments of confusion or frustration is:
Make the unclear be clear.
That’s it, really. And yet such a simple exhortation belies a world of Dantesque messiness.
On the first page of the first chapter of How to Make Sense, Covert lists some words I hear frequently:
Change
Project
Chaos
Clutter
Complexity
Complicated
Disaster
Disorder
Mess
Cluster
Predicament
Quandary
Pickle
Situation
Nightmare
These words are music to my ears — because I know I am needed when I hear one — but also warning bells, because I also know the pain is about to begin.
I guess that makes me a Mess Masochist.
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