Clutter comes in many guises, both literal and figurative. Too much stuff in your home, too many emails in your inbox or too many thoughts at once can crowd your life and impinge your happiness. Use a new season to sweep away the old disorder and start afresh with a new-found sense of accomplishment, resolve and opportunity. Here’s where to start.

In case you haven’t heard – and we don’t like to make a fuss about it – MR PORTER turns 15 years old this month. A bit of an inconsequential birthday, really, at least in human years. It’s not quite 16, so we can’t do any of the fun stuff yet, but we can at least watch an age-appropriate film in our local cinema. Surely that’s something worth celebrating?

When one muscle is weak, the body recruits others to compensate. At first, it works, but over time those secondary muscles – that were not meant to bear that load – become inflamed and painful. “The solution isn’t more rest, stretching or temporary relief, it’s strength.” says psychologist Nick Wignall. “The same pattern shows up in our mental lives.”

If I have a skill of any sort – and, over the years, commissioning editors, comedy audiences and casting directors have offered thrillingly varied feedback on this topic – it’s in maintaining long-term friendships. I have a group of schoolmates who’ve known each other since we were 11, and all remain in close, regular contact. We are one another’s shoulders to cry on, voices of encouragement and moral support, and, whenever we can overcome the mounting administrative logistics of adult life, drinking companions.

Clutter comes in many guises, both literal and figurative. Too much stuff in your home, too many emails in your inbox or too many thoughts at once can crowd your life and impinge your happiness. Use a new season to sweep away the old disorder and start afresh with a new-found sense of accomplishment, resolve and opportunity. Here’s where to start.

In case you haven’t heard – and we don’t like to make a fuss about it – MR PORTER turns 15 years old this month. A bit of an inconsequential birthday, really, at least in human years. It’s not quite 16, so we can’t do any of the fun stuff yet, but we can at least watch an age-appropriate film in our local cinema. Surely that’s something worth celebrating?