The Quiet Message of an Overloaded Space

I read the quote below online recently, and resonated with it. When I’m busy, I’ll occasionally stop and take a good look around my office. If there’s any place other than my chair to sit, that means things are pretty good. It means that I’m addressing what I need to address, bit by bit. Piles of stuff are slowly disappearing from all the surfaces.

Those piles of stuff represent all the things I want to do, or have promised to do, but have avoided doing. Most of the time, it’s because I haven’t made a clear decision about them. As a result, they sit there in plain sight letting me know that I have decisions to make.

It may be a dress I’ve planned to make, but am waiting till I feel good about wearing it. Or more seriously, a program I plan to launch, but keep putting off because I want more data to shore up my nervousness.

There are lots of reasons, and most of them are about being conflicted in some way.

Have you ever felt that way?

Quote of the Week

Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions.
― Barbara Hemphill

Is your stuff stopping you?

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