I've spent the last few days cleaning up my desk at home. It's a far cry from an "office," but it's where I can do my "work." This is where I open the mail and pay the bills, where I update the family calendar and send e-mails. It's where I tend my Farmville land (yes, I spend some time on Facebook) and where I try to keep up with my favorite tweeters (twitterers?). It's where I look online for jobs and where perhaps I'll someday work on a freelance project.
It may not sound like that big of a project. It's not a huge desk...more of a computer workstation, really. But I had neglected it. "Disarray" would be an understatement. Additionally, I had items from my last job to merge into it: red pens, sticky notes, a few copies of AP Style, my personal laptop and my iMac that I bought from my former employer... Trying to decide which to keep, which to store or file, which to discard. But I think I've got everything in its place. I think I can actually accomplish some things here. I know where things are, tucked away as needed yet still within reach. A nice mix of the practical and the usual bric-a-brac. I wish I had written "Organize Desk" on a to-do list so that I could cross it off. But it feels good to have it done nonetheless.
But the best part is...it's my system of organization...it's my stuff...it's my desk.
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