The Squiggling Serpent
01/10/2018 09:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaThe serpent is slowly returning to the usual state of abnormal. Brain cells are regrowing and I have finally signed up for an online course. One called Mindware on Coursera that I constantly had to roll over because I was simply too busy or too brain dead to even look at the material let alone do the tests and stuff.
It's also time to resume the grand project of creating a place of calm amidst the chaos.
Last June and July, I went on a massive sorting and decluttering binge in order to have the Lair looking respectable for Daisy's visit this year. Got more done in those 6 to 8 weeks than in the last 6 to 8 years which is pretty sad.
I had not failed to notice 2 things from this experiment. The first is to never underestimate the power of a serious deadline. Just like in November, it seems to create its own supply of mojo.
Secondly, it is always easier to get stuff done when there is a clear goal in mind. Preferably stated in positive terms. It was far easier to get the mojo going thinking of having a place for everything and everything in its place including a tidy wardrobe containing only clothes that actually fit me and that I like rather than concentrating on getting rid of stuff.
Like Michelangelo faced with a giant block of marble, keeping his eye on his vision of David and not on the chunks of marble that he is slowly and steadily chipping away.
I had already decided that the 2 serpent 'shrines' needed a bit of sorting. One of them had stuff that had been sitting there for several years. It needed a good dusting and there were also little black dots sprinkled around that looked suspiciously like mouse droppings
First step was to take everything off and to clean and wipe the wooden surface. Lemon oil was the perfect potion. It made the surfaces all shiny and clean smelling. That was when the inspiration struck. This is actually a writing desk so it might be a good idea to use it for WRITING. After all, November is coming.
Aside from that, it is the perfect excuse to move the books, notes, pens and stuff that find their way onto the dining room table. And of course once there is a stash of stuff, other stuff gets drawn to it like a magnet.
So with all the papers and things gone, it should now be much easier to use the dining room table only for its intended purpose.
This desk is in front of a window looking onto the garden and also has much better artificial light than the dining room table. Used it last night for its intended purpose and also tidied and sorted the two drawers underneath it which contain pens, markers, pencils and an assortment of envelopes and other stationery.
It was strange. Once I found a suitable purpose for the writing desk, the rest just came naturally. Only problem now after culling half the stuff that had been on it, is finding a place for the special bits and pieces especially the sandalwood bowl, owl and serpent ornaments and the assortment of sinister looking potions bottles got from a sale at the Chem Centre.
The Lair does sometimes look suspiciously like some sinister alchemy lab.
So now I have a bright shiny new spot to write in my Green Goblin book at the end of each day and it was wonderful to use even for such boring mundane Muggle matters.
It's also time to resume the grand project of creating a place of calm amidst the chaos.
Last June and July, I went on a massive sorting and decluttering binge in order to have the Lair looking respectable for Daisy's visit this year. Got more done in those 6 to 8 weeks than in the last 6 to 8 years which is pretty sad.
I had not failed to notice 2 things from this experiment. The first is to never underestimate the power of a serious deadline. Just like in November, it seems to create its own supply of mojo.
Secondly, it is always easier to get stuff done when there is a clear goal in mind. Preferably stated in positive terms. It was far easier to get the mojo going thinking of having a place for everything and everything in its place including a tidy wardrobe containing only clothes that actually fit me and that I like rather than concentrating on getting rid of stuff.
Like Michelangelo faced with a giant block of marble, keeping his eye on his vision of David and not on the chunks of marble that he is slowly and steadily chipping away.
I had already decided that the 2 serpent 'shrines' needed a bit of sorting. One of them had stuff that had been sitting there for several years. It needed a good dusting and there were also little black dots sprinkled around that looked suspiciously like mouse droppings
First step was to take everything off and to clean and wipe the wooden surface. Lemon oil was the perfect potion. It made the surfaces all shiny and clean smelling. That was when the inspiration struck. This is actually a writing desk so it might be a good idea to use it for WRITING. After all, November is coming.
Aside from that, it is the perfect excuse to move the books, notes, pens and stuff that find their way onto the dining room table. And of course once there is a stash of stuff, other stuff gets drawn to it like a magnet.
So with all the papers and things gone, it should now be much easier to use the dining room table only for its intended purpose.
This desk is in front of a window looking onto the garden and also has much better artificial light than the dining room table. Used it last night for its intended purpose and also tidied and sorted the two drawers underneath it which contain pens, markers, pencils and an assortment of envelopes and other stationery.
It was strange. Once I found a suitable purpose for the writing desk, the rest just came naturally. Only problem now after culling half the stuff that had been on it, is finding a place for the special bits and pieces especially the sandalwood bowl, owl and serpent ornaments and the assortment of sinister looking potions bottles got from a sale at the Chem Centre.
The Lair does sometimes look suspiciously like some sinister alchemy lab.
So now I have a bright shiny new spot to write in my Green Goblin book at the end of each day and it was wonderful to use even for such boring mundane Muggle matters.
