Well, I finally arrived at the party. Maybe a little bit late, but fashionably. I finally started reading Zen Habits, specifically for Wednesday’s simplicity day. I’m not sure what turned me on to the Wednesday nugget, but I went back and read all of the simplicity posts and some of the books and other resources recommended, and I was inspired.
Despite the tremendous workload I was facing for the launch of PeerClip, my office had become a cluttered nightmare and it was hard to stay focused on the task at hand. So I immediately got to work on simplifying it. The result…amazing. I gutted the office and made piles of stuff I needed, stuff I could donate or trash, and stuff that needed to be stored. I kept only a few minimalist decorations everything non-essential went away. I have tidied up the cords since these pictures, but here’s the result:
My favorite touch is the picture of my daughter at the beach.
After this room went so well, we went ahead and tackled the pantry in the kitchen. Again it’s amazing. The big surprise is how much space you really have when you don’t let clutter cloud your view.
