clutter

i think i'm pretty well organized. i think i have boiled down what i own to the essentials. i think i still have too much stuff. i try to organize, i try to clean, but it never seems to help. i purge (boy do i love a good purge!) and i budget, and nothing seems to help. i'm constantly moving stuff off of my desk, off of my dresser, off of my bed. i even put them away when i move them. and still things collect. it's as if i have a leak somewhere. things slowly seep out onto the surfaces of my room. it appears to be unstoppable.

i know what the solution is. same as i know the solution to my leaky faucet. i need to start at the visible problem. i can try to put things away daily, instead of weekly. but if that doesn't contain the problem, i have to start at the source. i need to make a point to put things back instead of putting them down. i'm too much of a space cadet to really accomplish this feat. but the combination of the two might just work. putting some things away will lighten the load when i go to pick up after myself at the end of the day. this completely solves my problem of being buried under a load of clothes while sleeping, or barely being able to fit my laptop on my desk. we'll see about the dresser. that's the danger zone.

but i'll try this, for a week, and see if it makes any improvement on my life. put things away not down. tidy up before bed, not before breakdown. wish me luck!