Probably better as a printed book

The good first: as other reviewers have noted, this book's strength is helping you interrogate your reasons for attachment to certain objects, particularly ones that have sentimental value or which feel hard to discard for other reasons (expense, "bargain" value, how you got them etc.) Mellen has a lot of insight into why people can't bear to part from things, and was very helpful for me in getting some perspective about which items are genuinely valuable and why. As a result of reading this book, I was able to part from some items I have been carting around for decades, without regret.

Neutral: be aware that this book seems primarily to be aimed at people with quite large houses/cars and a lot of stuff. That's not to say it isn't useful for an apartment-dwelling person, but some of the spaces and items he describes a lot of readers may not have. Having the print version rather than the audio would make it easier to skip sections that are not relevant.

The not so good: at times, the book can get quite repetitive, especially when he is listing which objects to store where and how in a particular room of the house. It also feels like sometimes this book is aimed at a person so mentally deficient that they wouldn't be able to read, let alone organise a house. For example, the book includes the following pieces of advice:
* turn your computer on before organising your computer files
* don't drink alcohol while driving a car
* don't store illegal drugs in your car (sadly, Mellen doesn't give any advice about where you *should* store illegal drugs ;-)
Some of the computer-related information is also dated in the sense that it assumes many if not most readers will be unfamiliar with computer basics such as re-sizing windows, creating folders and filtering email.

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