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I clean. First, I clean my room, so my atmosphere feels less cluttered and my mind is less likely to wander of to thinking "I should get around to this." Then
by symptic 17y ago
I clean.
First, I clean my room, so my atmosphere feels less cluttered and my mind is less likely to wander of to thinking "I should get around to this."
Then, I'll clean my desk, which usually means throwing everything away that is not 100% absolutely necessary (old notes, ideas, drawings, cups, etc.) These all make you feel crowded mentally and literally. A clean desk lets you focus on the screen without any distractions.
Finally, the desktop. I make a point to zero out my icons when I do this, only leaving My Computer and the Recycle Bin on the desktop, with a wallpaper that reminds me of what my current goal is.
This usually has me inspired to take advantage of the completely fresh atmosphere I've created and tends to be when I create my simplest and most effective work. It also works wonders for coming up with ideas, both creatively and on the business end. Basically, cleanliness helps me solve problems more easily.
- bayareaguy 17y agoEven if it keeps you up all night, wash down the walls and scrub the floor of your study before composing a syllable. Clean the place as if the Pope were on his way. Spotlessness is the niece of inspiration. The more you clean, the more brilliant your writing will be, so do not hesitate to take to the open fields to scour the undersides of rocks or swab in the dark forest upper branches, nests full of eggs. When you find your way back home and stow the sponges and brushes under the sink, you will behold in the light of dawn the immaculate altar of your desk, a clean surface in the middle of a clean world. From a small vase, sparkling blue, lift a yellow pencil, the sharpest of the bouquet, and cover pages with tiny sentences like long rows of devoted ants that followed you in from the woods Billy Collins, Advice to Writers