wrote an excellent article for the opinion blog, The mind is wonderfulwhere he analyzes some of the psychological characteristics of people who live in a messy room and also demystifies the most popular beliefs around this topic.
Its relationship with creativity:
A work published in “The New York Times” reached the same conclusion, where it was shown that sometimes, a slightly disordered environment causes the mind to free itself from conventions and can move in all directions to create new responses, new ideas. Nor can we forget that within the phases of creativity, there is that “brainstorming” where, from among the chaos, the decision emerges and, consequently, innovation.
The myth of the messy room = chaotic life:
Each of us lives in our private spaces in our own way and in freedom. Every corner is a reflection of our habits and customs and that does not mean we should receive criticism or a label. It is often said, for example, that disordered people lack goals, that they have different internal conflicts and that they do not usually throw anything away because they feel an unhealthy attachment to their memories of the past.
This type of “popular wisdom” is not always right and if today we wake up and choose not to make the bed or clean the house it is because perhaps we chose another priority at that moment. It doesn’t have to mean anything. The disorder that is chosen, that is controlled and does not overwhelm, far from being noise, is calm for a mind that identifies with its possessions.
.