I see the points these minimalists make, but they miss an important nuance — the relationship between minimizing and organizing.

First, the more you minimize, the less you have to organize.

Second, the more you organize and design systems for what you do have, the less you need to minimize.

Basically, there are times you need more in your life and, thus, you must rely on organizing rather than minimizing. And that is okay.

Home management — whether your style is to minimize, organize, or somewhere in between — is leadership. Today, more often than not, this work is still done by women, and if it isn’t done by women, it is still considered women’s work.

So, today, on the third day of Women’s History Month, I offer the idea that the problem isn’t that women don’t lead. Rather, the problem is that the definition, and our recognition of what it means to lead needs to be changed and expanded to include the “mundane” task of home management.

But this isn’t really about folding clothes. This is really about maximizing our time with our families and friends.

The main difference between minimalism and organizing is sentimentality — truth is some of us are more sentimental than others.