I am, like so many others, a Starter. Of many things. Paintings and other art doings, various projects, books, piles. So many Starts. So few Finishes.
This January's personal Challenge: Complete 30 Starts. Stuff that was started in 2015. Or.... long before.
Where shall I start? On the work desk, of course. Why? Because, once again, there is no place to work. This is an In/Out Box. No, not one of those new-fangled sheets for learning Math. Hiding is a vintage wooden box for use in holding stuff coming in or stuff going out. Problem is it comes in and stays in. Here was status earlier in the day:
What box??? Certainly you can spot that lower left-hand corner. No? Well, there are a few things piling up on the helpful office aid.
Time to set that kitchen timer, start sorting, and see what happens.
What happened? I probably stopped and heated up the tea kettle. That is quite the sobering stack. But a Challenge is a Challenge. It's only paper. Lots and lots and lots of paper....
Important papers: art fair applications, good finished drawings, useful articles long ignored. Notes about the passings of close friends and family? Yes, in this pile. Numerous quick sketches for greeting cards? MANY. Sort sort. Put in proper places and binders.
Unimportant papers: grocery lists, long-out-dated "to do" notes on torn envelopes. A newspaper column concerning a tennis match now two years done. Into the trash - yes.
The stuff in between: greeting cards from friends and family. More articles. Directions to places. Possible places to sell bears. Decisions to be made. Keep? Toss? Decisions MADE.
So many bits and pieces - carry on, carry on. Discoveries of hidden quotes - write words in quote notebook and toss away those little piece of papers. That plastic bag filled with possible pages for next book. Oh, so this is where it'd been "hiding." No excuse now to get on with THAT project. A small unused red napkin? Well surely there was a reason.
After a good part of the morning - and two or three more cups of tea - ta da!
The Miracle of The Empty Box!!!!!!!!
Yes, soon it will hold other papers, but not those from '15 and before. Now it is a tool again, and I must be diligent in its use. Before it hindered (not through fault of its own!), now it can help.
One Thing Finished.
Twenty-nine to go.
I feel a wee tad accomplished.
A New Year. A New Challenge. On to the options that both hold.
I don't have a clean slate, but the desk has a clean spot.
Life is one day better. Whew.
Fare-thee-well,
Sue
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