My office/studio is a huge mess. I keep putting off cleaning and it keeps getting messier and messier. These are just a very few of the surfaces that are piled high with projects in all sorts of stages of completion.
Scrap books and jewelry, collages and journals. And not one clean surface to do anything if I should have the sudden urge to create. Most times, I shove things over and find a space on the floor.
What a mess! I cannot seem to get and stay motivated to clean and sort and purge and organize. The task is getting so big, it's overwhelming me before I start. I am going to have to resort to one of th games we played when the kids were little and their little heads swam in circles every time it was time to clean their playroom.
We would sing a song from Mary Poppins. "A Spoon Full of Sugar" to be exact and then we would focus on one category of item at a time. First we would find all of the Barbie dolls and put them back into their proper homes. Next the Ninja Turtles would find their way back together as would the Lego's and game pieces.
One by one, we focused on one category at a time, stayed on task and the job was made doable in little pieces. That is what I am going to have to do here. This mess is getting me down and making me feel cranky even when I am not in the room. Energy is like that. It sits on your shoulder and follows you around, putting a damper on your day even when you think it is out of sight, out of mind.
Off to find my Mary Poppins CD!
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