The rule for ‘neatness’ is: neatness=stuff/room. In other words, neatness is inversely proportional to how much stuff you have to how much room you have. The more room, the less stuff, more stuff, lesss room and neatness takes the hit.
I can prove it. I just put two shelves up in this computer/bed room. I have less room now than before I moved ‘stuff’ up to the shelves.
Good article. Love your humor (I rite the stuff (humor), also).
Mess expans to fit the space available for it. On the same principle, if you do all the laundry, except for a handkerchief and a sheet – they will mate overnight and produce 5 pairs of jeans and three shirts.
Loved it. I don’t even try with my office. In fact, my new computer is a laptop so that whever the mess is, I can just take the laptop and move to where the mess isn’t.
My clutter follows me like an over-eager puppy. I haven’t seen the surface of my desk in a year. I don’t remember the last time I dusted.
And yet… I realized not long ago that all my friends with picture-perfect houses are also the most boring people I know. They don’t dance in the grocery store. They don’t sing in the shower. They don’t do anything but clean.
I’d rather be an interesting Pigpen than a paper doll Martha any day. My kids will remember the dancing and the singing. They won’t remember, or even care about, a sparkling kitchen counter.
When did you say you are coming to WI? With all of that experience under your belt, I might just as well leave the office until you arrive. I can handle the rest of the place just fine.
Janet Elaine SMith, multi-genre author
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The rule for ‘neatness’ is: neatness=stuff/room. In other words, neatness is inversely proportional to how much stuff you have to how much room you have. The more room, the less stuff, more stuff, lesss room and neatness takes the hit.
I can prove it. I just put two shelves up in this computer/bed room. I have less room now than before I moved ‘stuff’ up to the shelves.
Good article. Love your humor (I rite the stuff (humor), also).
Mess expans to fit the space available for it. On the same principle, if you do all the laundry, except for a handkerchief and a sheet – they will mate overnight and produce 5 pairs of jeans and three shirts.
Loved it. I don’t even try with my office. In fact, my new computer is a laptop so that whever the mess is, I can just take the laptop and move to where the mess isn’t.
My clutter follows me like an over-eager puppy. I haven’t seen the surface of my desk in a year. I don’t remember the last time I dusted.
And yet… I realized not long ago that all my friends with picture-perfect houses are also the most boring people I know. They don’t dance in the grocery store. They don’t sing in the shower. They don’t do anything but clean.
I’d rather be an interesting Pigpen than a paper doll Martha any day. My kids will remember the dancing and the singing. They won’t remember, or even care about, a sparkling kitchen counter.
When did you say you are coming to WI? With all of that experience under your belt, I might just as well leave the office until you arrive. I can handle the rest of the place just fine.
Janet Elaine SMith, multi-genre author
Loved it but I needed a nap by the end of the third paragraph!