Indeed this is an extremely worthwhile task. One which I tend to go about doing regularly too. My own 'man cave,' as it was dubbed by familyall too easily gets dusty, paper everywhere, useless excess files scattered on the laptop (so a regular HD defrag is one of my monthly tasks) I do. And the household bits, well, the dirty clothes certainly pile up into mountains if they aren't caught up with.

It's difficult to think clearly and write, if you cannot keep up with them!!