Somehow, despite my best efforts, I once again have a bunch of crap on/around/near/under my desk that doesn't need to be there.
Crap, as follows:
- a brand-new box of Q-Tips (destination: bathroom)
- a water buffalo hand puppet (obviously Tully's...but I kinda like it)
- a bottle of daily vitamins (that I mean to take daily to help me stay healthy during this crazy time, but never do)
- my lunch plate (used to have a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich on it; now has a big gloopy gloppy dollop of strawberry jelly hidden under a napkin)
- a stack of receipts (can anyone say Starbucks?)
- 4,389 post-its (What is it with me and the post-its? Andrew went to an office supply store last week and I made him buy me three more packs. He is my enabler...it's his fault.)
- my Nano (which needs to be charged)
- two dead AA batteries
- my backpack for my Mac (which belongs in Andrew's office)
- blah, blah, blah
All this crap that gathers each week clutters up my process, clutters up my brain, clutters up my internal sense of balance. The
last thing I need right now is a cluttered-up internal sense of
balance. THIRSTY launches on October 1. I fly to the U.S. on September
18 for the launch. Today is August 25. That doesn't leave me a lot of time (and I have got A LOT of work to do between now and September 18).
I need to maintain balance...clarity...harmony...focus.
Ironically, just today on Twitter, I started following Erin Doland, author of Unclutter Your Life in One Week (to be released in November 2009). Check out her book cover; I'm pretty sure she (or her photographer) snuck into my office when I was out buying more post-its and took a photo of my computer screen. That is exactly what my computer screen looks like. It makes me nuts. (I still have a list of potential names for my daughter Tully on a blue post-it taped there. Tully came home nearly one year ago.)
So tonight, after I write this post, I will once again de-clutter my office. It will take me approximately 22 minutes (I know this because I do it every week). After I'm done, I'll feel better, sharper, more concentrated, calmer, quiet inside, peaceful.
And then...I will work until who knows what time tonight on marketing for THIRSTY. Happy, centered, and driven.
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