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I have a million things I'm going to get done next week (yay for holidays). Well, I think I'm going to get those things done, but the reality is that, most likely, I will get sidetracked. And that's because, for us unorganized people, there's no such thing as "just doing one little thing". So every one little thing turns into a chain of multiple, tangentially related things and pretty soon it's like that game Centipede and you run into your own tail.
For example: one of my big goals is to reclaim my art space on my desk, which is currently covered in a truly impressive mound of detritus. So I just need to clean it off, right? Yeah.
So let's start with the chair to the left, which has a picture on it. It just needs to be hung up. This requires tracking down a hammer, nails/hooks, and probably a step stool (hey, I'm short). By the time I gather up all that, it's silly not to hang up the other pictures I have that need it too, right? But those are in with others that need to be framed, which I should do because, well, I'm already invested and it'll probably change where I hang the other pictures and I don't want to have to do it twice, yes? Clearing one thing off a chair has now led to a multi-hour job that probably required a trip to the store. Go go gadget efficiency!
Now, in front of the desk is a box that needs to go up in the attic. Easy, right? Just pop it up there. Except... I really need to get the Christmas stuff down while I'm up there (or it'll be Christmas eve before everything is up again) and that means digging it out and while I'm here I really, really, really need to clean up/sort through stuff. As long as it's cold and the wasps are gone, and we really need to get the louver off the roof... man, where did the day go?! And should I just set up and decorate the tree while I'm at it? And then stow the box under the pool table... after I vacuum the carpet... and find a place for that black rug... and clean up the plants... crap.
Okay, okay, back on target. Desk. Floor to the right of the desk. The bellydance closet has exploded. I need to contain that, I need to make those bags for the skirts, find another place for the wrapping supplies, and find something to organize it. Okay... move the wrapping supplies to the guest room. I could stop there, I don't need to finish reupholstering the couch and rocking chair... leave it... leave it... and those books in the way, the ones you were going to release on bookcrossing... toss them to the side! Good, good, stow the wrapping stuff and go go go!
...go make those bags for the skirts. That means digging out fabric and sewing machines. And there goes the rest of today. Hopefully only one day, if I don't get sidetracked by all the other things that "while I'm on a roll sewing..."
So next, I have a dresser that might work for organizing... in the other attic. So jockey the cats around, get help getting that down, and hey, presto, organized costume storage! Sort of. I'm sure it won't work out that well, but it'll be a decent start. Maybe enough of one that I have room to clean off my flipping desk, yeah?
Now... what to do with all the crap on my desk?!
For example: one of my big goals is to reclaim my art space on my desk, which is currently covered in a truly impressive mound of detritus. So I just need to clean it off, right? Yeah.
So let's start with the chair to the left, which has a picture on it. It just needs to be hung up. This requires tracking down a hammer, nails/hooks, and probably a step stool (hey, I'm short). By the time I gather up all that, it's silly not to hang up the other pictures I have that need it too, right? But those are in with others that need to be framed, which I should do because, well, I'm already invested and it'll probably change where I hang the other pictures and I don't want to have to do it twice, yes? Clearing one thing off a chair has now led to a multi-hour job that probably required a trip to the store. Go go gadget efficiency!
Now, in front of the desk is a box that needs to go up in the attic. Easy, right? Just pop it up there. Except... I really need to get the Christmas stuff down while I'm up there (or it'll be Christmas eve before everything is up again) and that means digging it out and while I'm here I really, really, really need to clean up/sort through stuff. As long as it's cold and the wasps are gone, and we really need to get the louver off the roof... man, where did the day go?! And should I just set up and decorate the tree while I'm at it? And then stow the box under the pool table... after I vacuum the carpet... and find a place for that black rug... and clean up the plants... crap.
Okay, okay, back on target. Desk. Floor to the right of the desk. The bellydance closet has exploded. I need to contain that, I need to make those bags for the skirts, find another place for the wrapping supplies, and find something to organize it. Okay... move the wrapping supplies to the guest room. I could stop there, I don't need to finish reupholstering the couch and rocking chair... leave it... leave it... and those books in the way, the ones you were going to release on bookcrossing... toss them to the side! Good, good, stow the wrapping stuff and go go go!
...go make those bags for the skirts. That means digging out fabric and sewing machines. And there goes the rest of today. Hopefully only one day, if I don't get sidetracked by all the other things that "while I'm on a roll sewing..."
So next, I have a dresser that might work for organizing... in the other attic. So jockey the cats around, get help getting that down, and hey, presto, organized costume storage! Sort of. I'm sure it won't work out that well, but it'll be a decent start. Maybe enough of one that I have room to clean off my flipping desk, yeah?
Now... what to do with all the crap on my desk?!