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Are Writers Messy People? Is it OK?
Thought you’d like to see my work area as it appeared this past Saturday. I think it’s a fascinating and colorful collage. DO you agree?
1. Cap with yellow roses for going outdoors
2. Notebook: How to interview on radio and TV (Course I took with Kathy Sciere)
3. OPRAH magazine on ‘Decluttering’.
(Note that ‘decluttering’ calls up spell check. No wonder I don’t declutter—it’s not even a word!) J
4. DVD—‘What the Bleep Do We Know’ Intro to Quantum Physics
5. Card to send to my publishing team
6. Postcard for my novel “Death by Roses” (I pass these out everywhere!)
7. Favorite planning calendar by Leonie Dawson
8. Joy Journal with daily notes
9. Cards for the day from Energy Oracle Card Deck
10. 72 Names of God by Yehuda Berg.
Here’s my challenge: To write or to organize my life? To promote my first novel, ‘Death by Roses’ or to organize my life? To spend time with my husband and family or to organize my life? To run my consulting company or to organize my life? To exercise or to organize my life? Do I really see being organized as a priority? Am I wrong if I don’t? I don’t think I’m alone here. Am I?
For me, life breaks up into these fundamental blocks. If my stuff is sitting out rather than put away, can I be OK with this? Who or what decided that being organized (knowing where everything is all the time and keeping it all in a tidy place, alphabetically coded and color sorted) is important? Is being disorganized equal to procrastinating or is it being in tune with a present moment focus? I’m not saying—I’m asking. Is it a sin or a disease I could die from?
Long go, I had a vision that if I would just ‘GET ORGANIZED,’ I’d have a magically freer life. I never got there and I’m done beating myself up for it. I admit to spending time looking for things that I can’t locate, but even if I had put everything away—if I forgot where I categorized it--it would be the same thing, yes? Do I need professional help?
I write. I make the bed each morning. I write. I write in my Joy Journal and meditate. I write. I take time to eat something healthy. I write. I take time to work out. I write. I take time to make sure we have clean clothes and dishes. I write. I run my consulting business. I write. I blog. I tweet. I promote. I attend book clubs and other book events. I write. I make love to my husband. I write. I call the kids every so often or have them over for a meal that my husband cooks. I write. I give to charity. I write. I pay my bills. I write. I shop. I write. I sleep. I dream. I write. Then every so often, I look at my pile and decide to go through it. Usually I write instead. And that is my happy, disorganized, ever after—at least for now.
Vivian Probst
1. Cap with yellow roses for going outdoors
2. Notebook: How to interview on radio and TV (Course I took with Kathy Sciere)
3. OPRAH magazine on ‘Decluttering’.
(Note that ‘decluttering’ calls up spell check. No wonder I don’t declutter—it’s not even a word!) J
4. DVD—‘What the Bleep Do We Know’ Intro to Quantum Physics
5. Card to send to my publishing team
6. Postcard for my novel “Death by Roses” (I pass these out everywhere!)
7. Favorite planning calendar by Leonie Dawson
8. Joy Journal with daily notes
9. Cards for the day from Energy Oracle Card Deck
10. 72 Names of God by Yehuda Berg.
Here’s my challenge: To write or to organize my life? To promote my first novel, ‘Death by Roses’ or to organize my life? To spend time with my husband and family or to organize my life? To run my consulting company or to organize my life? To exercise or to organize my life? Do I really see being organized as a priority? Am I wrong if I don’t? I don’t think I’m alone here. Am I?
For me, life breaks up into these fundamental blocks. If my stuff is sitting out rather than put away, can I be OK with this? Who or what decided that being organized (knowing where everything is all the time and keeping it all in a tidy place, alphabetically coded and color sorted) is important? Is being disorganized equal to procrastinating or is it being in tune with a present moment focus? I’m not saying—I’m asking. Is it a sin or a disease I could die from?
Long go, I had a vision that if I would just ‘GET ORGANIZED,’ I’d have a magically freer life. I never got there and I’m done beating myself up for it. I admit to spending time looking for things that I can’t locate, but even if I had put everything away—if I forgot where I categorized it--it would be the same thing, yes? Do I need professional help?
I write. I make the bed each morning. I write. I write in my Joy Journal and meditate. I write. I take time to eat something healthy. I write. I take time to work out. I write. I take time to make sure we have clean clothes and dishes. I write. I run my consulting business. I write. I blog. I tweet. I promote. I attend book clubs and other book events. I write. I make love to my husband. I write. I call the kids every so often or have them over for a meal that my husband cooks. I write. I give to charity. I write. I pay my bills. I write. I shop. I write. I sleep. I dream. I write. Then every so often, I look at my pile and decide to go through it. Usually I write instead. And that is my happy, disorganized, ever after—at least for now.
Vivian Probst
