POST:ERITY: December 2007

OK. I spent all day on Thursday cleaning my office. I'll admit it was quite a mess with Christmas boxes, boxes from Christmas presents, mail that includes LOTS of catalogs....(once you order from one you receive a lot!), along with various other things that settle into my office. I was feeling pretty good about it, inviting all who came over to take a good look at it.
But alas! Today the Costco magazine came and I realize my time spent was in vain.
Listen to this quote from Albert Einstein (reportedly):
"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then is an empty desk?" I have used this quote before, but here it showed up only a day after my desk is empty. There is a new book offered at costco.com titled A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder. It contains true stories and case studies to prove the point that people with a modicum of messiness and disorder can indeed be more efficient, more creative and, in general, more effective than their highly organized counterparts. The author states, "An unproductive and frustrating obsession with neatness and order is a real problem in our society."
So, although I am happy to be ending 2007 with a clean office, I am not sure that keeping it clean will be the top priority for 2008.

Wait........what is that saying "Cleanliness is next to Godliness."