Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Crossing off things on tedious little to-do lists

Just looked at "the books" I was afraid to look at, and balanced the ugly numbers for the month.  I have an actual book with actual paper in it; I like writing things down.

Now I can look at the other books (really, the other divider sections of the same three-ring binder.)

I made appointments, I rescheduled appointments... I ate my daily allotment of candy already and may cheat by baking something delicious and calling it something other than candy (justifications of the sugar-dependent, that's what we're talking about here.)  I have hardly cleaned anything.

Well, one thing that really needs cleaning is my desk. The surface cannot be seen, and the papers are at landslide level.  Why is it such a difficult thing to do, cleaning the desk off?

I don't know, but I think I'll stop overthinking it and come back later today when I can brag that I cleaned my desk.  I think I'll take a before and after photo to motivate myself.

Before:


*edit two days later:  I'm surprised no one busted me on this.  I cleaned for what seemed like a long time, but it only appears messier now.  How is this possible?

4 comments:

  1. I blame the paper fairies, who routinely mess up my work area. They are related to the carkey gnomes and the sprites who continually move about my cups and glasses.

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  2. Well go figure. I was dreaming of my own candy allotment just a few minutes ago. But I have none. I ate a prune instead.

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  3. I have a kitchen table that looks similar to that. I don't know, but I just keep picking through, sorting, and hope the table re-emerges soon.

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    1. When an item is missing and it must be at the bottom of the pile, that's when the desk finally gets sorted and cleared.

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