15M4K Update

[darkemeralds]

I spent my 15 Minutes For Kis today as planned, clearing off the side table in the kitchen where a lot of staple foodstuffs had taken up residence.

I'm not finished yet, because of course putting (or throwing) all that stuff away meant cleaning some other stuff. It's the Way of Decluttering. The hipbone's connected to the thigh bone, etc. Right now my kitchen's in an uproar. But that's what podfic is for--cleaning the kitchen.

So I'm downloading Queensguard right now. Yay podfic!

Next up: finish the table and then (aaauuuggghhh!!!) tackle the Old Trunk Full of Keepsakes that lives underneath it.

Comments

[kis]

You sure this isn't Avoidance? Cuz there's this fic ...

[darkemeralds]

Hee! I know. I'm afraid people who are waiting for the next chapter will hate me for not writing all the time--and writing about writing all the rest of the time.

But this cleanup thing really is only a few minutes a day. And there's nothing like a clear space to encourage the mind to creativity--or so I find.

[kis]

And there's nothing like a clear space to encourage the mind to creativity--or so I find.

A Room (or even some room) Of One's Own.

[darkemeralds]

Yes, exactly. I mean, I have a house of my own, but the "room" that's harder to find is the unbroken stretch of time in a tidy spot.

The tidy I can manage in an hour that would be relatively useless for actually writing, but if I have five hours together and can see disorder all around, it's an invitation to procrastination.

[kis]

I really do find it hard to think in the midst of clutter. And it plays hell with my filing system (i.e. put things that need dealing with on the windowsill).

[darkemeralds]

My filing system is a bit like that, only instead of the windowsill (American windowsills tend to be too narrow to be useful for much) mine is on the shelf inside the front door where I hang my keys. When stuff starts tipping off that and onto the floor, it's time.