Organization Step One

Down on my hands and knees with a toothbrush, I spent a good chunk of my early Sunday scrubbing the pink tiles in my bathroom. Hairspray buildup can really leave it's mark.

And so can a little of everything else.

I did not go out this weekend besides an early dinner with a friend of mine on Friday. There were three reasons. One, I didn't find anything to do otherwise. Two, I didn't look especially hard because the truth is right now I am broke. Three, I need to keep working on getting my shit in order so that I can jump into the next phase of my life as clean and clear as can be.

Sometimes you can feel your life beckoning you from a distance and lately I've been feeling the call pretty intensely. It is time for me to move away from some things and into the direction of others. While I am still feeling the draw to go back and repeat what I have done before, I am feeling more of a connection to what's up ahead. But - first - before I can move in that new direction any faster than I have already began to, I need to clean up the mess before I leave it behind. To me, that means organization. Particularly in my home life. The place where I plan to work from and live in. I moved into my apartment a year and a half ago and it was not until I got back from my vacation that I felt as if I really needed to move in.

So, I got internet, I got a new house phone, I got some shelving that is supposed to be delivered this week, I got a new cell phone, I got speakers and a mouse for the computer I'm currently borrowing. I got a chair to sit on while I do my writing and my internetting. After the shelving goes up, I will be able to store my books and that will reduce my clutter by a huge amount. And after that, the few pieces of art I plan to hang will get framed and hung. I have two more small tables to get and a filing cabinet as well. And then I will be done. For the time being. I'm sure that fact will also change as my "new" life continues to evolve.

Stuff is not my concern. Organization, on the other hand, is.