The very idea excites me. Reorganizing my current space in order for it to serve a greater purpose. I need the area in which I spend most of my time and efforts to function and feel like it is properly accommodating me. Currently, it feels like too much junk crammed into not enough space. Because most of my writing takes place in my bedroom, there are usually some distractions that come into play. Writers are often people who have minds that are easily sidetracked. I think it comes with such a vivid ability to connect with the imagination. Often our minds innate ability to branch off onto a tangent benefits us. But when it comes down to actually accomplishing something, this talent often leads to procrastination.
For the last 4 hours, I've been dallying from one corner of this room to the next, picking up multiple things that have garnered my attention, and attending to interests I found it hard to ignore. But at 2:00, I said I was about to start writing. This post, and the one that proceeded it, is all I have been able to write so far. But I've tracked items on eBay, read countless internet articles, reorganized my clothes hampers, and sent several personal emails during that same span.
The need for your space to reflect its purpose is not one that is monopolized by writers. Everyone wants to be in a place where they feel they can get something accomplished. I think the key is to know that before the physical space can fit your needs, your mental space must do so as well. Which means I have quite a bit of ways to go before I can feel at ease. It begins by reorganizing the dressers and desks of my mind.
Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet
Great post! Writers do have minds that are easily distracted, I know I definitely do. I bought a desk so that I can really focus on my writing & to feel more organized. That desk is now the junk table & I write from my couch. I need to reorganize my mental space so I can make use of my physical space.
ReplyDelete:) thanks a lot. And I can totally relate to this. I currently write from my dresser...lol. And it is covered with notebooks, dictionaries, pencils, and coffee mugs. But I feel like the clutter originated in my mind, and the "desk" is simply a reflection of that.
ReplyDeleteHopefully we get that organization going!