Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes ...

Heat and humidity usually completely demotivate me. Cleaning, on the other hand, tends to help me snap out of lethargy. Frankly, the act of, say, cleaning out my office, tends to make me feel like a healthier human being. It's probably a ritual thing, where throwing out accumulated garbage and putting my personal space in order helps me do the same to my head. Something like that.

Right now, the heat is doing a number on me, motivation-wise, so it's probably a good thing that the newspaper is moving next week. It's forced me to clean out my desk, and that's proven to be pretty damn cathartic. I move on Tuesday, but I did most of the packing Friday, throwing out years of paper and junk. I actually feel ready for a fresh start, and maybe this move will provide that. Or maybe not. Sometimes, change is just change.

In any case, here's a pic I took of the new newsroom, when I was over there the other day:

Admittedly, it's not very exciting. Still, it's clean and bright, and there are rather a lot of windows, which is nice. Right now, it's empty and sterile, but it's also a blank canvas. I'll miss the old place, with its odd caverns and nooks, but I'm hoping that, once we're in and everyone's back in the groove of putting out a newspaper, and the office is filled with the energy that comes with that sort of mania, this will eventually begin to feel like home. One lives in hope ...