There's a study under here somewhere ...

I have spent a good part of the past 2 days on a cleaning spree of sorts. The top of my desk is now mostly visible, and the floor has more free space. The bookshelves, however, are a bit more full than they were. I had a supply of strips of red paper (from whence they came, I couldn't tell you), so I decided to use them to flag all the books in Mount TBR so that I could put them on the shelves and get them off the floor and out of the way. The RTE books are in their own box, very near my recliner, which is of late serving its original purpose, which is to allow me a comfy spot to relax and read.

In cleaning off the desk, I discovered something. I am a pack rat.

No. Ya think?

I found stray receipts dating back to 2006 ... birthday cards from last year ... brain teasers I'd printed off months ago, intending to work them out in my spare time ... an envelope full of Christmas receipts (at least those were only six months old) ...

It's funny how we keep things, thinking, "Oh, I'll do something with that someday" or "I might need that in the next [insert span of time here]". The first thing I said to myself when I came across those stray receipts was, "If I haven't needed them by now, I'm not going to" and into the shredder they went.

I've accomplished a little bit every day, which is the highest of achievements for me, given my recent issues with staying focused. So when I sit in my recliner, cozied up with the latest Meg Langslow mystery by Donna Andrews (Cockatiels at Seven, soon to be reviewed and given away as a draw book over at Reviewing the Evidence), I could look around my study and not feel guilty about not having done something constructive.

It does bolster the spirit a bit.

Read a book - it's good for you!

=) JB

"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910) US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit