If I were a hoarder

http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/437336077/from-thematic-to-temporal-organization

Domotor, Z. (2010) From thematic to temporal organization. Available at: http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/437336077/from-thematic-to-temporal-organization (Accessed: 31 October 2015)

"An example of this phenomenon can be seen in the arrangement of a hoarder’s books. The hoarder begins to read a book but must stop to do something else. The book cannot be returned to the shelf because it is now in a different category–books being actively read. It is placed on the coffee table. Next, a cookbook is consulted for dinner and it too cannot be returned to the shelf because it is being used. It is deposited on the back of the couch. The dictionary used next cannot be reshelved, lest the person forget the word he looked up. This process is repeated until there are books everywhere, none of which can be returned to its shelf because they are all different in their own category. Their new position in the room has meaning because each position represents a different category, and an idiosyncratic sort of organization exists, but the ultimate result is clutter and chaos."