![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I cleaned!
Feb. 28th, 2007 05:26 pmI'm so darned impressed with myself (probably somewhat out of proportion to the actual accomplishment) but I cleaned my workspace and it looks so nice! I can find things again! My art supplies are organized, all my books and notebooks are organized; I found stuff that I'd lost or totally forgotten about. I actually have ROOM to do art again instead of having to shove aside piles of stuff in order to work! It's wonderful! Things were actually getting to the point where it was inhibiting my ability to work, because I'd end up asking myself, "Do I *really* want to do this enough to locate all the art supplies and then make room in which to do it?"
Now if I can just keep it this way. *sigh* Ever so slowly, I'm evolving mechanisms for keeping my mess in check. The trouble is, I'm a total packrat, and I can't stand to throw anything out if it might be useful 20 years from now. Gradually I'm learning to work within this limitation; the key is having a box or drawer or folder or shelf for every conceivable class of objects that I might lay my hands on. This results in a workspace which is slightly crowded, but at least it's crowded neatly.
For those who haven't been to our house, we have a large upstairs loft and Orion and I have divided it down the middle. He's got half for his projects and storage of crap, while I've got the other half. And right now my crap is as tidy as his ... for a change! ^^
Of course I'm doing this to avoid working on other projects (why else does anyone clean anything?) but the house is benefiting greatly from my procrastination.
Now if I can just keep it this way. *sigh* Ever so slowly, I'm evolving mechanisms for keeping my mess in check. The trouble is, I'm a total packrat, and I can't stand to throw anything out if it might be useful 20 years from now. Gradually I'm learning to work within this limitation; the key is having a box or drawer or folder or shelf for every conceivable class of objects that I might lay my hands on. This results in a workspace which is slightly crowded, but at least it's crowded neatly.
For those who haven't been to our house, we have a large upstairs loft and Orion and I have divided it down the middle. He's got half for his projects and storage of crap, while I've got the other half. And right now my crap is as tidy as his ... for a change! ^^
Of course I'm doing this to avoid working on other projects (why else does anyone clean anything?) but the house is benefiting greatly from my procrastination.