Why can't I get any work done! I sit down at my computer with very good intentions but am not producing ANYTHING. Why? WHY?
The answer came while looking for a paper clip: It's because my desk is a mess. Full of distractions!! How can I open/begin/continue my pirate story when I'm surrounded by all of this junk?!
I'm going to share, then clean. Here it is -- The Things On My Desk:
- empty Tim Hortons coffee cup (medium double/double with a Holiday Spice flavour shot. Mmmm)
- empty Diet Pepsi glass
- bottle of weight reduction vitamins (not working, btw)
- empty water bottle
- latest edition of romANTICS to be sent then filed
- my son's Learn To Skate registration form
- both sons Social Insurance Number registration forms (dated April 28/06 and still not sent!!)
- four bills to pay
- box of birthday cards not yet repacked and put away from last Friday
- empty tube of Vaseline Intensive Care - Problem Skin Threrapy for chapped, dry hands
- stack of my kid's game CD's
- iPod that needs recharging
- card from Heather that needs replying too (sitting here since October)
- brown satin bra (took it off last month while writing 'cause the underwire was bothering me and haven't put it away)
- 8 recipe cards with scribbled notes - quotes, reminders, story ideas, email address, etc...
- latest bank statement
- pile of US stamps - fell out of envelope
- a crumpled napkin containing my breakfast orange peels
- latest bank statement reminding me how poor I am
- the gold chain I've been looking for since September
- my cat
What's on YOUR desk?
6 comments:
That was hilarious. I've gotta do this on my blog. 8-)
Thanks, TL.
Sadly - I could have went on for another 10 items, but was too embarrassed!! btw - my desk is pretty small...
I don't have a desk. I have a L shaped couch and I have commandeered the corner. So I sit and work with intermittent breaks to play with the babies. So in my corner I have a pair of my son's pants to sew, a water glass (plastic) balancing on the back against the wall, 3 remote controls, Robert McKee's story, my letter from Harlequin, the complete bartenders guide, Nelly Furtado's cd Loose, Solitudes Natural Sleep Solution (hasn't worked yet), a binder full of story ideas, a spiral notebook full of same, 3 pens, my digital camera, a pink glowey ball thing my son tried to eat, Next assignment of IoCL, my dues form, Gwen Stefanis LAMB cd, flyers and the phone.
I guess I don't sit at a desk (besides fact I don't have one) because I am stuck (or will be) stuck at a desk 8 hrs a day 5 days a week in a stuffy office starting in January. I used to have a bra too, but I had company this weekend. ;)
Girlfriend - you need a desk!
It's not too late to ask Santa!!
I got mine at Cdn Tire for 89 bucks last year. It's a corner model with a hudge, so it takes a lot of junk (please refer to list) and uses very little space.
'Course, I'm getting me a mahogany number when I'm published-for-real :)
Yeah, that should read HUTCH, not hudge...
I thought hudge might have been slang for hutch! ;)
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