What's on your desk?
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This week’s question:
What's on your desk that shouldn't be there and what does this say about your life?
JoJo’s Answer:
Nail polish. I've been trying to find time to polish my nails for about three months now! I've been swamped with writing deadlines and homeschooling that I just don't have much time for frills these days. I guess it says that there are far more important things in my life these days than getting my nails "dressed up"...Either that or I have really bad looking nails! ROFL
What's on your desk?
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I agree with Carla!! I have a ticket stub from last August! I just don’t have enough time in the day to devote to any cleaning that isn’t a necessity! You know, the kitchen, bathroom, vacuum, and dust!! I have to say, though, that everything else that is there, belongs. It is a pile of papers, but it belongs there.
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Remember everyone that just because our desks say we are too busy to be organized doesn’t mean we SHOULD be organized. Nobody ever was sorry they didn’t spend more time cleaning up their desk at the end of their life! It’s just a look see into what things are in your life.
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What’s On Your Desk?
My desk is clean, it’s the mess on the floor that I speak of:
Answering the 1st part of the question: What’s here that shouldn’t be here?
As I survey the chaos, trying to pinpoint something that shouldn’t be here, the obvious answer is none of it. It should all have a home or be tossed. That is the ultimate goal, but it seems to be taking me a long time to achieve.
But what is that one thing that is really out of place? Is it the 2008 calendar that I am saving for the beautiful pictures with scriptures? Is it the stack of coloring books and “artwork” from my creative children? Is it the little bottle of bubbles hiding from children who would use them in the house? Is it the birthday card from March? Or the photo from my daughter that I should have put in an album by now? Is it the stack of unlabeled CD’s of who-knows-what design project(s)? Is it the campaign materials from the local sheriff’s campaign that I managed for 18 months? Is it the laptop bag I haven’t used in a year?
Answering the 2nd part of the question: What does this say about my life?
I am a busy homeschool mom to 4 children, currently aged 10, 9, 6, & 5. Organization is not a strong point of mine. I’m okay with a little mess & chaos. I tend to collect things. And I am not a great, shining example of keeping my “room” clean. I do make visible and tangible efforts. And now that I have had time to ponder the situation here, the elephant in the room (almost too literally), I am feeling a need to make a better effort to put it all in order. I’m feeling a bit motivated to improve the space and remove the mess.
Just don’t ask me about my bedroom closet right now…
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I posted my answer on my blog:
What’s on Your Desk?
Great Topic JoJo!