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I would need lots of therapy to correct my clutter habit. I usually start a project and everything I am using for it will be right by my chair but when I am done I put it all away so if something takes me 3 weeks the clutter will sit there for 3 weeks, even if I use something and won't be using it again for that project, I still won't put it away until I am completely finished.
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Creative clutter is like flowers or leaves in a garden - necessary for me to get the mind going. But it has to say below a certain level - a dash of chaos is like tabasco in the soup, for me a necesssary ingredient.
I agree, when I (seldom) do get around to it and put things away, I then have NO idea where anything is. Total frustration!
I think a lot of this is just the creative temperament from reading this post and also from friends I know who are the same way.
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Gecko
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I used to be the exact same way but the kids have grown and gone off to college, then we moved. It has taken a monumental effort on my part to correct this, but I have to because it started "cluttering up my mind". I probably just did not notice this when I was raising the kids. So now everything is neat and where it should be, and my husband has turned into me. And I into him. Scary.
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Koala
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Creative clutter is like flowers or leaves in a garden - necessary for me to get the mind going. But it has to say below a certain level - a dash of chaos is like tabasco in the soup, for me a necesssary ingredient. I like that analogy zen!
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BellaOnline Editor Chimpanzee
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Ok Firefly, so you're saying as soon as all my kids are grown and off to college, then I'll be neat. My youngest is 2!!!!!!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/wall.gif" alt="" />
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Koala
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You'll be neat... and you'll have turned into your husband!
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Koala
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We have one child left at home (3 are grown and gone) and then the grandbaby came! So much for all my order, I babysit and it is the best job I could ever have! Maybe I can train her to be neat LOL...
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.
~anonymous~
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Gecko
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It's fine as long as you don't grow a beard...
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For me to truely get a lot done I need to have everthying close at hand, which often means piles of paper and stacks of books. I tend to be pretty messy, so it always feels really good when I can put away an entire stack of books or a few folders worth of notes.
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Koala
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For me to truely get a lot done I need to have everthying close at hand, which often means piles of paper and stacks of books. Me too. I tend to be lazy [imageBellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!
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