Comments on: Clutter http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debra webb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235565 Debra webb Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:24:57 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235565 I like my piles. My notebooks that no one understands but me! I like my piles. My notebooks that no one understands but me!

]]> By: Jessica Scott http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235554 Jessica Scott Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:18:39 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235554 No matter how hard I try, I can't keep my space uncluttered. I cleared my desk off three days ago, only to come to work to find it completely covered once more in paperwork. You'd think in Iraq, I would be more organized with less 'stuff' around. Not in this lifetime. If anything, being in Iraq has made me realize how much 'stuff' I really have lying around but also just how damn hard it is for me to stay organized. The only way my husband and I have managed not to fight over the desk in the study is for me to move out. My soldier gene is just fine: my martha stewart gene is beyond defunct and I'm afraid when I get home and I'm going a hundred miles an hour to make it to work on time while getting two kids off to school that I'm going to be even worse. At least my muse isn't picky about where we write. No matter how hard I try, I can’t keep my space uncluttered. I cleared my desk off three days ago, only to come to work to find it completely covered once more in paperwork. You’d think in Iraq, I would be more organized with less ‘stuff’ around. Not in this lifetime. If anything, being in Iraq has made me realize how much ‘stuff’ I really have lying around but also just how damn hard it is for me to stay organized.
The only way my husband and I have managed not to fight over the desk in the study is for me to move out. My soldier gene is just fine: my martha stewart gene is beyond defunct and I’m afraid when I get home and I’m going a hundred miles an hour to make it to work on time while getting two kids off to school that I’m going to be even worse.
At least my muse isn’t picky about where we write.

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235553 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:12:38 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235553 I'm impressed, Lorena. Just putting the books back on the shelves, and by topic nonetheless, deserves kudos. :) I’m impressed, Lorena. Just putting the books back on the shelves, and by topic nonetheless, deserves kudos. :)

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235552 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:10:59 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235552 I'm always impressed with clean and clear, Jill. The problem is it usually involves someone else's workspace. :) I’m always impressed with clean and clear, Jill. The problem is it usually involves someone else’s workspace. :)

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235551 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:09:43 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235551 I'm the same way, Toni...don't touch my junk! Isn't it funny, though, that the things we keep because we believe we'll need them one day, we never seem to need...until we throw them away. I’m the same way, Toni…don’t touch my junk! Isn’t it funny, though, that the things we keep because we believe we’ll need them one day, we never seem to need…until we throw them away.

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235550 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:08:03 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235550 I hear ya, SJ. Every once in a while I'll get a wild hair to clear away the piles. Once I do, I'm lost, as is most of what I need, until the piles start piling up again. I hear ya, SJ. Every once in a while I’ll get a wild hair to clear away the piles. Once I do, I’m lost, as is most of what I need, until the piles start piling up again.

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235549 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:06:25 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235549 Kwana, I say we issue a national mandate that all current messes shall remain in mess state. lol Kwana, I say we issue a national mandate that all current messes shall remain in mess state. lol

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235548 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:05:15 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235548 Ah, Leah, it's soooo nice to know I'm not alone! :) Ah, Leah, it’s soooo nice to know I’m not alone! :)

]]> By: Deborah LeBlanc http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235547 Deborah LeBlanc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:04:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235547 Ditto, ditto, ditto, Terry! And I usually find that missing thing--that was there only yesterday!--two days AFTER I need it...argg! Ditto, ditto, ditto, Terry! And I usually find that missing thing–that was there only yesterday!–two days AFTER I need it…argg!

]]> By: Lorena http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/10/07/clutter-2/#comment-235546 Lorena Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3195#comment-235546 I don't like clutter--my main problem is that I'm a very visual organizer--if I can't see it, I can't find it. So things tend to end up in piles until I can't stand it any more and then I go through and find everything I'm not working on TODAY and put it in a file. And almost invariably end up doing double research because then I can't find the file....(sigh). But I don't have enough space to be effectively organized AND have it visible, so I deal.... I do have a bad habit of putting books back on the shelf wherever it's handy, though, so once a month or so I have to reorganize the bookshelves. I don't care so much about alphabetical, but I try to keep the topics together! I don’t like clutter–my main problem is that I’m a very visual organizer–if I can’t see it, I can’t find it. So things tend to end up in piles until I can’t stand it any more and then I go through and find everything I’m not working on TODAY and put it in a file. And almost invariably end up doing double research because then I can’t find the file….(sigh). But I don’t have enough space to be effectively organized AND have it visible, so I deal….

I do have a bad habit of putting books back on the shelf wherever it’s handy, though, so once a month or so I have to reorganize the bookshelves. I don’t care so much about alphabetical, but I try to keep the topics together!

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