While I agree getting rid of clutter is a good idea. Having a yard sale is a total time suck for a few dollars. Just donate the stuff you can to charity, put stuff on ebay/craigslist, and dump the rest in the garbage can.

Good article. For me, when it comes to working on something, sometimes it becomes difficult to tear yourself away from it. You try for hours on a simple problem and nothing happens. I call that "spinning your wheels." Basically sitting at a standstill unable to progress but thinking hard on how to progress. When…