SIIGS means Self Induced Information Gluttony Syndrome. I just made that acronym up. And the syndrome too. But I’ve been living it for a while, dosing myself with nuggets of mostly distracting information via my phone and computers. My concentration has been slipping and after a few hours in the torrent of news snippets, I… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: clutter
Flushing the brain…
Some messing about with photoshop. Had a nice break from cleaning: brunch with kathryntact, which lead to a good walk down-and-crosstown. I made the mistake of suggesting a turn in the park, which was clearly the site of a plant orgy, because I had pollen issues immediately. I picked up some more organizational tools at… Continue Reading
The Reveal…
Part of the results of this weekend’s work: a usable work surface. You don’t want to know what the “before” was like, except that One would have had to hazard a guess that there was a desk in the vicinity of a festering pile. Yep, that’s a Crate and Barrel knockoff of an Eames chair,… Continue Reading
Acceptance is a phase….
(More trivialities – feel free to skip) Time to acknowledge that in the same way that a little bit of setback can spiral me into the conviction that it’s all over and that I’m worthless, a little bit of accomplishment can restore me to the feeling of being fit for human society. I’m talking, of… Continue Reading
Assorted notes
Had somewhat grandiose hopes of cutting my book collection by about a third to donate to ICP’s benefit book sale. That isn’t happening, but at least I’m getting six boxes of them out of my house. And boy am I ever reminded of how many books I have on hand to read. Messing around with… Continue Reading
Hand it on…
A bit more of the old slow and steady. This was a weekend of personal progress, where I took some actions that I’d been holding back from, and tackled some character flaws. I got some help on Friday, and that kicked my butt into action. The weather was bliss, such a shift from all cataclysmic… Continue Reading
The last screen of the day
Another glut of screens, and hopefully with the writing of this entry, an end to it for the day. The garbage has been taken out, my clothes have been somewhat arranged into a neater configuration and on thee streets, the rain is removing the last of the snow (although I’m told there’s more on the… Continue Reading
My path is fascinating…
Walked yesterday from my house to Soho via The Brooklyn Bridge. Little bit of dinner at the Souen on Prince Street.And then up Sixth to buy mustache wax. Have to say that it wasn’t taxing. If I had fewer things to do around here, I’d try to do something like it daily while the weather… Continue Reading
They cleaned my clock…
Despite wining a few hands, I got my ass handed to me today at the poker table. We don’t play high stakes but I ended the day down thirteen bucks on a table with a ten dollar buy-in. Of course the real point is companionship and being around hot folks smoking cigars, so it was… Continue Reading
Rocky Road…
Rough Monday, but not for the usual reasons. Wandering from mess to mess in my house, which happens when I’m at home enough consecutive days to build up the momentum to clean, made me realize just how bad the cluttering has gotten in the past year. At one point I discovered a major mess that… Continue Reading