[rescue] OT: Clutter???

[Chad Fernandez]

Tim H. wrote:
> I am messy for convenience, and because of an unfulfilled desire to be
> very organized.  Whenever I start cleaning I end up getting to a
> miscellaneous storage container (of which I have many) and spend the
> time I have available to clean sorting the different sizes and types of
> screws, etc. and never return to the big picture.  Which is much
> different than my wife, who just throws everything away until the big
> picture looks right.

Thats what I tend to do, I think...... loose the big picture, while 
sorting something.

> I am learning to eliminate horizontal surfaces in my own space, because
> even a small horizontal area will rapidly become a large stack.  I can
> get 2 or three feet high on top of a Sun IPX, and of course the pile is
> larger than the area of the surface, so I do have occasional landslides.

Landslides?? That's pretty bad :-)

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA