Got back yesterday from a trip with Hubby. Spent today mostly avoiding work by reading up on all the WoW stuff I missed and logging in to do a few dailies. I did do a little bit of straightening around the office...
My office is very distracting.
It's the spare bedroom in the house. If I have a kid, I lose my office. I wanted a place to have my computer & music equipment set up, and was the whole idea behind investing in a desktop rather than a laptop. I have a giant desk that's big enough to hold my midi keyboard, with a raised platform for my monitor. I love my desk.
The office hasn't been very successful in getting me to work. It's very cluttered. I hate cluttered. I was supposed to clean it up the first day of my vacation, but instead I decided to clean up the clutter of my WoW UI (I will post on that later- I'm still testing it). I am admitting this because it shows that I have a slight WoW addiction when I would rather clean up my virtual workspace rather than my actual workspace.
To be fair, I spend more time in my office staring at my UI than my bookshelf.
I have a lot of books. Two bookshelves full of books, with books sitting on top of books because I don't have enough shelves. My music books are somewhat organized, but all my other books are basically in whatever order I threw them on the shelf because I've been too lazy to make up a system.
I keep thinking that one day I'll organize the office into a beautiful, calm workspace that I can relax in and work in peace. It's been two years, and everything is still basically where I threw it when I moved in.
Today while cleaning (and listening to the All Things Azeroth podcast- where is my Wow Insider Show??? It's Tuesday!!), I did make an effort to throw out a lot of the crap I've collected over the years. I have way too many knickknacks and craft supplies I never use. I actually did use some of my art supplies to build my Halloween costume, but it was the first time in years I rummaged through that box and I ended up having to buy some stuff new anyway.
I now have a large box filled to the brim with miscellany. Free swag from business trips, old playing card decks, a pouch of polished stones... everything has a memory, but what good is it if I haven't looked at it in two years? My goal is to sort through that box before I go to bed tonight and throw at least half of it out.
Frankly, I need a clean and organized work space. I can't stand having to search for five minutes to find a book or note. The clutter gets on my nerves. I need simplicity!
If I actually clean up my mess, will I have the peace of mind to work? I hope so.
At the very least, I'll have one less excuse to avoid it.
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