Cleaning
I’ve spent all day battling Entropy and Chaos by cleaning my house. Such a forward momentum assault always feels satisfying because Entropy and Chaos aren’t very confrontational. So I press forward and make a portion of my realm sparkle and shine. Then I turn and discover that while I was busy here, Entropy and Chaos have been hard at work over there. They aren’t much for confrontation, but they’re great at siege.
I’ve made some headway. I’m at least partially prepared for the onset of school next week. I’m not sure why the house has to be clean for me to feel prepared for school, but it does. Perhaps it is that the visual clutter is a constant reminder of things not-yet-done and thus creates mental clutter.
I’ve been working hard and have made several trips to the garbage can. It makes me really happy to throw bags of stuff away. Each bag of stuff in the garbage represents a bag of stuff that I’ll never have to clean up or take care of again. Items that are still usable get donated to a thrift store. Thrift store donation makes me even happier because I get the additional pleasure of knowing that something I donate may be helpful to someone else.
As much as I enjoy getting rid of stuff, you’d think my house would be less cluttered. Sigh.
I’m not such a big fan of scrubbing. I don’t mind doing the actual work, but it takes me so long to get around to it, that the job becomes huge. The bigger the job gets, the longer it takes me to get to it. It is a vicious circle. As a result nothing is ever as clean as I’d like it to be.
Break time is over. Back to battle with me.