Did you know that the 2nd Monday in January is National Clean Off Your Desk Day? Me neither! But, what a PERFECT opportunity to organize before the new semester gets started. It's almost like it was planned that way! I don't know about you, but an excuse to organize and get things in order is like the best thing! Who else thinks that their best Christmas present of 2018 is a dry erase monthly wall calendar? Okay so maybe I'm the only one who gets that excited, but clearly my best friends know me WELL!! Maybe you aren't as enthusiastic as me about clean things, and scientific reasoning is more your thing. Psychotherapist and professional organizer Cindy Glovinsky says, "order feels good, in part, because it's easier for our brains to deal with and not have to work so hard," Apparently clutter is linked to anxiety and increased due to cortisol levels in our bodies. Yes, that same stuff that is released when we have a fight or flight response is also activated by clutter. In my family, growing up, we had stuff. Lots of stuff. There was the room with books and collectibles, and we even had a special room off the garage called the storeroom for stuff we couldn't fit in the house. Just thinking about it gives me heart palpitations. Enough about that. Breathe. Before I tell you how I go about cleaning off my desk, let me show you a little peek into what I was dealing with.. Oh, they look like nice neat piles, but I literally had NO idea what was in them, except for the binders which I knew had pages removed and those pages were somewhere in that mess of nonsense. So, I decided to make 3 piles. It ended up being 4, because there was a need, but your piles might be similar.
In the words of Mary Poppins, "Well Begun is Half Done".... but there was still more to do! Next came the actual cleaning of the desk. I LOVE me a pencil, but that means my desk not only had dust, but also about a mol of eraser dust in the crevices. (note; I may want to get some Plexiglas to cover the desk cuz cleaning that out was a pain!) I scrubbed it with my favorite cleaner, and then gave it a bit of wood polish to make it look pretty. Only things I needed at my fingertips got a place on the desk. Everything else got to go to its actual home. Sorry random stickers, nasal spray, and leftover Christmas cards. Finally, I emptied the trash and admired my handy work. There you have it, another holiday celebrated. Joy and exuberance felt when the job was done. What are you waiting for? Go! There's nothing stopping you from making your work area a nicer place to sit and make magic happen.
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AuthorI'm Michelle, and I've got a full plate! As a full-time dietetics student, step-mom, wife, study coach, and tutor in my late 30's, some days I'm barely scraping by. But, no matter what is on my plate, it's always gluten free! Categories
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