Maybe it’s a refection of where my life is at the moment, but my condo has been in a state of disarray for the past few months. No, it’s not dirty, but more untidy than anything. For the longest time I haven’t had that much time to get it organized. There were some weeks where I was out every night. The few nights that I had to myself were ones where I just needed to rest and slack. Things have accumulated to the point where it’s now a bit overwhelming.

Yeah yeah, I can hear it now: “I don’t understand how anyone can let things get so untidy. How do you live such a horrible and irresponsible life?” Whatever. Keep your judgments to yourself.

I’m planning on using this week to get things in order. If I have to pretend that I’m having company over, then that’s the tactic I will use. The important thing is that I get on it. Having my place in this state isn’t helping with the energy flow. Maybe this is just a reflection of other things. Who knows? Point is, I need to get my house in order–in more ways than one.

Ah, you’d think with all of this increased domestic time I’d have actually taken advantage and cleaned this place up. Umm…well…can’t say I did. Too many distractions around here. Thing is, the situation around here is getting a bit out of hand. I really need to ensure that I’m ushering in fall with a good state of order around me. I need to have good energy going around here. All of the clutter is not helping that.

So, I’m declaring that tomorrow will be a day to get all my things in order. Stamped it, declared it. I refuse to live this way.

I’ve been saying for a while that I wish I had an extra day to get some proper housework done. With the civic holiday upon us, I made sure to not let this opportunity slip through my fingertips. I don’t think I completed everything that needed to get done, but I did get a fair amount out of the way. Perhaps this is of the few times you’ll read me writing this, but I am ridiculously happy that I got around to mopping the kitchen, living room, and bathroom properly. The floors look great again. Also, seeing as how I don’t use all four sides of the dining room table all that often, I’ve pushed it off to the side. I took two of the chairs and put them up to the breakfast bar. The result is that there’s a larger amount of open flooring now. It’s making my living room look a lot bigger. I could almost be fooled into believing that I could fit another cushy living room chair in here.

Things are almost orderly, and it feels good. God knows why it’s not in this state more often, you know? There are still some areas of this place that need some reconsideration. There’s an ugly computer desk in the corner of the living room that’s just being used to hold small books and random junk. I really want to dump that thing and put a big potted plant there. There’s a stack of boxes in my bedroom occupying a space that could take a shelf or stand of some sort. And Jesus, after all this time, I really need to get my dishwasher hooked up. All it’s doing is just sitting there looking pretty. Crazy, eh?

Anyway, maybe it doesn’t seem like it at times, but I do take pride in my living space. I worked hard to get to this point. I need to make sure things are presentable–not just for other people, but for myself.

Hey, so remember that thing where if you clean your place a little bit each day you won’t end up being overwhelmed by having to clean everything all at once? Yeah, that didn’t happen. And now on my designated cleaning day I’m overwhelmed. I did make a bit of progress, but aesthetically I don’t feel like I even made a dent. Damn. I guess there’s tomorrow, but…maaaaaaan.