Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Frustration
This is a very difficult place to be. There has been alot going on in my workplace and I probably need to move on as the situation just gets more and more frustration. But I'm not yet ready to go on my own. I'm trying to figure out how to make this situation work without doing too much damage to my psyche and allowing me to get to the point of being able to make the next move. How can it be done?
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I'm responding to one of your older posts about clutter.
Several years ago, I spent five days in a psychiatric hospital, not by my choice. I was completely confused, alone and, from time to time, terrified.
I soon discovered the importance of basic life rituals--taking a shower in the morning, brushing my teeth, making sure I had a clean towel and clothes (we wore green hospital garb).
Staying organized was not just important, it became essential to improving my sanity, my understanding of reality. I found that if I picked up after other people and left things neater (whatever it was I was doing), things became more abundant. Instead of having one pair of dirty slippers, I had two pair of clean ones. My toothpaste and soap and nightgowns sort of multiplied like magic. Instead of clutter, I had neat piles of things, and I could find things easily.
Staying organized became an obsession because it helped me, literally, organize my own mind, which had been in disarray. It helped me think.
After I left the hospital, for a period of time I was completely obsessive-compulsive, and I have never in my life been obsessively neat. Never.
I would make small stacks around the house--these things have to go upstairs, these have to go in the garage, and so on.
That mindset has long since passed, but I would like to recapture it again, because feeling compelled or driven to stay organized--and the benefits it has on clearing your mind--is really amazing.
Getting organized is, I think the first step. WIthout that, it is difficult to have a clear mind and clear understanding of where we are, where we want to go, and how we are going to get there.
Staying organized are steps two, three, four.....
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Several years ago, I spent five days in a psychiatric hospital, not by my choice. I was completely confused, alone and, from time to time, terrified.
I soon discovered the importance of basic life rituals--taking a shower in the morning, brushing my teeth, making sure I had a clean towel and clothes (we wore green hospital garb).
Staying organized was not just important, it became essential to improving my sanity, my understanding of reality. I found that if I picked up after other people and left things neater (whatever it was I was doing), things became more abundant. Instead of having one pair of dirty slippers, I had two pair of clean ones. My toothpaste and soap and nightgowns sort of multiplied like magic. Instead of clutter, I had neat piles of things, and I could find things easily.
Staying organized became an obsession because it helped me, literally, organize my own mind, which had been in disarray. It helped me think.
After I left the hospital, for a period of time I was completely obsessive-compulsive, and I have never in my life been obsessively neat. Never.
I would make small stacks around the house--these things have to go upstairs, these have to go in the garage, and so on.
That mindset has long since passed, but I would like to recapture it again, because feeling compelled or driven to stay organized--and the benefits it has on clearing your mind--is really amazing.
Getting organized is, I think the first step. WIthout that, it is difficult to have a clear mind and clear understanding of where we are, where we want to go, and how we are going to get there.
Staying organized are steps two, three, four.....
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