I showed my sister the office photos (because it bares more than a passing resemblance to our respective studies) and she spent a good 10 minutes drooling over your floors (she has a thing for polished wood).

Fight the good fight, Jenny *g*

- Oh, and I keep meaning to ask, how did the TimTams go?

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As to the collage stuff, one of my college professors had us do a design book. Basically, we cut stuff out of magazines and newspapers. Then put them into one of those big binders, so we could look at them later and get design ideas. The idea was a book for ideas for each theatre production, but you could do the same thing with collage stuff you like. And then later, you can find it easier. Although I often found the hardest part was getting it from the pile into the book. But it’s an idea for increased organization.

But looking good! Those are nice floors. And if you keep this up, you’ll be done in no time

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Slinking back to hovel, sniffling softly.

Good floors, too.

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Must purge office….

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So check out what junk is really junk and throw it away. The non-junk? What kind of place (drawer, shelf, cabinet, closet) should it have been put if you could wave a wand and wish?

Write down your wish list and go buy it.

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There’s a gorgeous floor underneath it all.

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We used to make fun of my mother because you could walk into her living room, move a lamp like an inch and then when she’d walk into the room she would move it back. My family does that to me now just for shits and giggles.

I love your hardwod floors!

CONGRATS! On AGNES AND THE HITMAN hitting number 24 on the Times List! That is so awesome!

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guess that’s a plan i can follow for more than cleaning, *snort* (i have such a dirty mind)

but i always do floors last

Good Luck

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1) If you’re getting rid of lots of stuff, you could always do a random act of kindness (RAK) for your blog where you give stuff away to your loyal readers

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2) You could also use the stuff you’re getting rid of as doorprizes at your lectures, signings, etc.

Just a thought! Keep organizing! Can’t wait to see what you did with your 15 minutes tonight:-)

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For the books, you might try swapping sites such as http://www.paperbackswap.com or http://www.titletrader.com

I’d buy the vampire books on ebay, but that’s just me!:-)

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Oh well.

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Hey, don’t knock the stickies. I organized all the quotes and notes on my Master’s thesis by pasting them along one long wall in my living room. Move on to the next section, go pull down the appropriate batch of stickies. Worked really well. The low tech solution. I had HyperCard, but it was more trouble than I wanted to take. Does that give you a clue as to how old I am. Yikes.

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And to create the areas based on your reality, and not on where you “think” it should be. So, if you go through mail or do the bills at your kitchen table, then don’t create a bills/mail space in your office, create it near your kitchen table. That sort of thing. And then the “stuff” associated with a particular activity has a home.

I’m typing on memory, so I may be off. But, it really struck a chord in me when I first heard about it, and has stayed with me for years. She said many times the clutter builds up only because we haven’t created a good home for it, rather than lazy/bad habits (though that’s suspiciously PR-ish, to not make us feel bad !).

I have her organizing book, and the one on time-management. I also have her organizing video. Hope you find your book!

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