I'm trying to simplify my life, in a very concrete way: my desk is messy. I think I will use a mixture of intuition, and Kon Mari's philosophy of focusing on the things you love, rather than the things you want to get rid of. However, I also need to take into account the function of the thing. It needs to be functional.
I feel like our spaces often reflect us in subtle and symbolic ways. What does this desk say about me? Perhaps that I've got too many balls in the air at once. That I'm trying to do too much at once. Certainly that I'm holding on to too many little tasks that I'm trying to get done. And perhaps that I'm not making organization a priority. I'm subconsciously saying that it's not really important.
As is the feeling, so is the result. That's a quasi quote from a wise man that I like. I think in this case it means I need to approach organizing, and perhaps dealing with my whole work-flow, from the mindset that I want it to represent. open and airy, silent, focused, peaceful, joyful. I'm not sure how to have a beautiful state of mind, but perhaps appreciating beauty.
It's a good reminder for how I should approach work as well. You can be doing all the technical things well, but if the feeling behind it is barren or negative, that seeps over into the result. And the opposite is true, even using non-ideal techniques, if the feeling and intention behind things is really good, it tends to carry over into the results, giving outcomes that shouldn't happen, if you were just looking at the mechanics of things on a sheet of paper.
Those are my thoughts for the month. I'm kind of in a rush, so I apologize for...heh, I suppose the rushed feeling of the post. Case in point.
Until next time, dear souls.
