‘IT’S ABOUT DISCARDING WHAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU HAPPY AND ORGANISING THE REST’ Recently, my sister gave me a present that, although modest, would change my life. It was a pencil case, decorated with the characters from Peanuts, a childhood favourite of mine, and featuring different zipped compartments. Strange to say, I’ve never possessed such an item in my grown-up life. Not so strange to say, I am always the person scrabbling around asking, “Er, has anyone got a pen?” minutes before an important interview. Or, at least, I used to be… After a couple of weeks of realising how much easier, and more efficient, my life was now I could always access vital writing implements, the penny dropped. Far from being boring, maybe a little organisation might, in fact, free…
