Spring Cleaning
The birds are singing, the grass is green, and the sky is blue - spring is here! Finally - it has been a long, dreary, cold winter. It depressed the hell out of me. But the days are getting longer, and my mood is improving day by day. It's time for spring cleaning! And I don't mean your house - I mean your writing.
Clean off your desk. Just like the the shows on HGTV, start with a clean slate. Move absolutely everything off your desk and clean it.
Sit in your chair. Does it need to be replaced? Cleaned? Readjusted?
Reorganize/rearrange/rethink. As you are sitting in your chair, think about where you put things on your desk, and what items you need on your desk. Make sure your computer is in a comfortable place. Check your pens and pencils - if there are gobbed up pens that are dried up - throw them away! If you keep personal things like photos or momentos on your desk, rotate them. Put something new there to inspire you. Your desk should be clean except for those items you need to accomplish your writing. Your computer. Maybe a notebook. Pens. Pencils.
Relationship check. I'm not talking about your hubby and kids. I mean where are the items you need and use kept in relation to where you sit. Are your files within easy reach? Your reference books? What about your printer? Trash can?
Bookshelf. Look at what's on your bookshelf. The books you use often should be at eye level. Take everything off your shelf, clean it, and put the books back, nice and neat.
Computer clean up. If you're like me, you put this off way too much. Do a disk cleanup. Defragment. Does your software work for you? If not, get rid of what doesn't work and use that tax refund to get software that does work for you.
Last, but not least, clean the room. Dust. Vacuum. Wash the windows.
Now, for the icing on the cake, put a vase filled with fresh flowers or a new houseplant on your desk. That'll really make it feel like spring!
Happy cleaning,
Elle
Clean off your desk. Just like the the shows on HGTV, start with a clean slate. Move absolutely everything off your desk and clean it.
Sit in your chair. Does it need to be replaced? Cleaned? Readjusted?
Reorganize/rearrange/rethink. As you are sitting in your chair, think about where you put things on your desk, and what items you need on your desk. Make sure your computer is in a comfortable place. Check your pens and pencils - if there are gobbed up pens that are dried up - throw them away! If you keep personal things like photos or momentos on your desk, rotate them. Put something new there to inspire you. Your desk should be clean except for those items you need to accomplish your writing. Your computer. Maybe a notebook. Pens. Pencils.
Relationship check. I'm not talking about your hubby and kids. I mean where are the items you need and use kept in relation to where you sit. Are your files within easy reach? Your reference books? What about your printer? Trash can?
Bookshelf. Look at what's on your bookshelf. The books you use often should be at eye level. Take everything off your shelf, clean it, and put the books back, nice and neat.
Computer clean up. If you're like me, you put this off way too much. Do a disk cleanup. Defragment. Does your software work for you? If not, get rid of what doesn't work and use that tax refund to get software that does work for you.
Last, but not least, clean the room. Dust. Vacuum. Wash the windows.
Now, for the icing on the cake, put a vase filled with fresh flowers or a new houseplant on your desk. That'll really make it feel like spring!
Happy cleaning,
Elle
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