Cleaning out the files

It’s the last day of the Easter weekend and I still haven’t got to the overflowing paper on my desk – you know, that space where everything gets put until we can think of a better place for it. So now is the time. As I’m going through the paperwork that defines my life, ideas erupt. There’s that article I want to write on Lombok from our last holiday (so keep that Lombok Guide I picked up in the Beach House restaurant in Gili Trawangan), the last edition of ASA journal’s great article on writing book reviews (I might write a book review on Parrot and Olivier in America) (NB must update my Goodreads entry), the Walkley magazine (keep - need to know what’s happening in the journalism world), don’t chuck out that Bali villa brochure (always looking for new places to stay), there’s my date schedule for this semester’s writing unit, my notes on branding my image from that seminar I went to last week (NB update my website with profile ideas), writing courses brochure (those writing courses I might consider doing… again), look into that cupcake stand and flowers and bomboniere (8 May is fast approaching), those clippings on Italy I need for the trip (NB think about new perspectives for travel articles), the contact list for that editing job I need to start, and don’t throw out the travel and review sections of the West and the Weekend Australian I haven’t read yet.


And there’s still the bougainvillea that’s been attacking the postman for the last week, plus the ever present danger of shorting the electrical cable. There’s a job for today. Or I could just continue reading about creating characters in Children’s Literature, or update my website, or write up my notes for my next story, or … enjoy a day off with fresh air and family...