Drowning in Chaos

My office has more trouble than just a messy computer desktop screen. My entire space is in chaos! I hate when things get like this, but it happens a lot.

For one thing, my office is the dumping ground when we need things out of the way because someone is coming over.

The other reason is that there isn't enough space. I need more flat writing surface, but my desktop is covered with computer monitors, a docking station, a small scanner, a machine to cut my stickers, and Post-it Notes, etc.

I find it extremely hard to concentrate when my office gets like this. Some of it is just a matter of taking time to put stuff away, but some of it is because there is nowhere to put things. I do have an empty shelf above my desk, but it's so high that I can't reach it. My other shelves are all full. My filing cabinet? Loaded! Although I will admit that most of that is yarn for knitting projects I'd like to work on at some point and not actual office stuff.

So my plan is to take almost everything out of my office and put it in the dining room. Then I will clean the office--vacuum, dust, etc--and before anything goes back in the room, I will review whether or not I need it and still want it. I moved in this house 2.5 years ago and I still have a moving box in my office that's never been unpacked! Do I really need what's in there?

I hope I actually do this. It's a lot of work, I have a lot of writing to do, and the organization is not fun. I'm all about not boring myself.