Order and clarity

Happy new year, everyone! I hope everyone had a very fun, eventful and safe start to their new year. I'm sure all of you guys that made resolutions are off to a great start. Picking right-up where we left off in the 'restraint' post. I couldn't help but notice how much I was cleaning my bedroom and studio. Now, I am not a messy person....unlesss.... It is my personal area behind closed doors. Common areas I use are always as clean and ordered as I can make them -- I just think that is being courteous to other people. Howeeeever, my bedroom and home studio are always messy. I always seem to just save items I think I could use and seldom ever touch again. I also have a bad habit of just throwing my clothes in a corner or on top of the dresser when I get home. Anyway, I could not help reflecting on how much cumulative time I have wasted throughout the year cleaning and getting things in order.

Yeah, sure we have all heard the "put it away now so you won't have to later." speech (which never gets my attention), but It is more about being and becoming efficient. Maybe, we just need a different perspective on how all the little things add-up. Efficiency gets me out of bed and gets my attention. Efficiency, to me, sounds like I am becoming better than the competition. Wait, what competition? Where did that come into the picture? Competition is the best way to make sure your stuff gets done. Maybe it is just in my nature to be competitive, but you can't tell me next time you go into your job and your boss brings-in someone to 'help' you that you are not thinking you are getting replaced. Betcha you are going to work a little harder and shine a little brighter that day, no?

Getting to the point, becoming efficient is a way to bring order and clarity back into the elements of your daily life. If you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready and you can go on with your life rather than wasting the extra time it takes to clean-up the cleanup. Daily life shouldn't be about having big moments of wasting time doing what should have been done.Now my room and studio are clean, everything (most of everything) is easily accessible and back in order. Which means I can be more efficient and spend more time and energy on what I want to spend more time doing.