January 1, 2007
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What clutter?
Blogger Justin Taylor writes: Ah, sweet encouragement from the New York Times:
An anti-anticlutter
movement is afoot, one that says yes to mess and urges you to embrace
your disorder. Studies are piling up that show that messy desks are the
vivid signatures of people with creative, limber minds (who reap higher
salaries than those with neat “office landscapes”) and that messy
closet owners are probably better parents and nicer and cooler than
their tidier counterparts. It’s a movement that confirms what you have
known, deep down, all along: really neat people are not avatars of the
good life; they are humorless and inflexible prigs, and have way too
much time on their hands."[T]hey are humorless and inflexible prigs, and have way too much time on their hands." Haha, it has been my personal observation that some folks with very clean areas do not actually have anything better to do. I've always loved Einstein's quote: “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk?” You gotta admit, that Einstein-fella was one smart dude. I think he's onto something ...
Okay, I guess, I, ah ..., better get back to cleaning!
Comments (6)
clean like a good asian boy, foo'!
I like order... for me, cleaning is like the preparation of the mind. It is the stillness before action. It is physical meditation.
Heh-heh, I guess I'm just too Americanized. Don't get me wrong -- I love order! Yet, my life tends to disorder.
But I'm working on that for my resolutions.
hrmmm, that's mostly/somewhat true in a way...=D you sure have lots of time on your hands; i've been coming back to your entry.=P
heh, I luv how we can justify things based upon whatever perspective we're currently in. Life is funny that way. Now get back to cleaning. ;>
I was listening to an interview with the author of A Perfect Mess on NPR today and he said that those with moderately messy desks often fare better and are more efficient as the often used materials are in the front of the desk and on top. On the occasion that something is needed that is deeper, digging through the mess forces the person to read through things and make connections that might otherwise be missed. He even said that the discovery that led to a Nobel prize was due to such a situation. I love the Einstein quote, I might print it out and hang it up at work.
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