>Spacial memory and all that, she knew where everything was even though it looked messy.
This is something my wife and I have figured out over time - If it's your own space and nobody else uses it, it's fine to descend to 'chaos' because you can just remember where you last put something.
That model breaks if the space is occupied by more than one person, because where one person put something isn't witnessed by the other person. So, having designated places for things and returning them to their 'home' makes the space most usable by multiple people.
Personally, even for solo spaces, I still favor everything having a home because I don't have a good memory for where things were placed.
This is something my wife and I have figured out over time - If it's your own space and nobody else uses it, it's fine to descend to 'chaos' because you can just remember where you last put something.
That model breaks if the space is occupied by more than one person, because where one person put something isn't witnessed by the other person. So, having designated places for things and returning them to their 'home' makes the space most usable by multiple people.
Personally, even for solo spaces, I still favor everything having a home because I don't have a good memory for where things were placed.