So today I decided on a new approach: I tidied my desk. And it’s amazing! The clear space! All my notes in neat piles, somewhere to put a pristine sheet of paper to start another set of notes. Bliss.
And
oddly, not just bliss, but productive. It’s as though I’ve cleaned out my mind
as well. Bits of this story, that review, the new plot outline … they were all
muddled together inside my brain. And now they’re not. They’re also in nice
tidy piles with labels on them so I can come back to them when I need them but
I don’t need to get tangled up in all of them at present. I can pick one pile and start working on that, nice and easy and straight-forward.
Now
I admit some people may not need to go through this process because they always
have a tidy desk. (Who are these people??). But for me it has been a useful
exercise. One I probably need to do more often. But not too often, or I
wouldn’t get that amazing eureka! feeling of the difference between the old
desk and the wonderful new one.
Has
anyone else tried tidying their desk recently?
