Start with Flowers

[image error]It usually takes me a few weeks after Christmas to pick up where I left off late-December. Not that I don’t get any work done but rather than clean my home office before resuming a regular workflow, I did a lot of piling up. When I needed the space, I just scooched everything over or tossed the piles into a laundry basket Paper Laundry.

I knew when the gig was up, we usually do, and order demanded restoration before any further creativity could ensue. The first step is always the same, start with flowers.

Not just any flowers but fragrant blooms, Asiatic Lilies. Nothing brings out the order in me like those lilies. They rest atop my “other” desk, the small antique wood one that I sit and write letters at.

Once the lilies were in place, I found it easy to fly through the piles, tossing and shredding and sometimes filing away. With their beauty and fragrance to propel me on, as well as fast tempo’d “cleaning music,” I tackled the bookshelf next. More piles ensued but this time they had labels: donate to the library, give to friends, add to my current reading pile.

Photos got updated as well as I like to see loved ones and framed happy memories. My computer desk was the last project as I once again carefully selected the objects in my visual site each time I sat down to work.

I’m happy to report the surfaces are still clear and the flowers are still blooming after a few weeks! Quite a beauty bargain at $4.99.

Truly, my office would still be piled up if I hadn’t started with the flowers. I find the same principle works with my dining room table. Hard to behold beauty and paper pile-ups simultaneously so the papers get reassigned a location. But not to my desk! Quickest step is to just go through them.

Like with many other details of order, do what works for you to get it done. Flowers get me started,”cleaning music” carries me through the task and maintaining (the hardest part) keeps me satisfied each time I step into the room.

What works for you to chase the intentional life?

Hope for the best,

Tish

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