Comments on: The Great Decluttering Experiment http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment For writers, readers, and independent thinkers--book talk for readers and writers, life chats when we need them, writers' motivational articles, secret behind-the-scenes stories from the publishing trenches, and more. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:56:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3436 robin Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:23:26 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3436 Thanks, Franki. Good luck! Thanks, Franki. Good luck!

]]> By: Franki http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3434 Franki Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:46:14 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3434 This is great. If I posted my office, you would feel so much better! Same idea, just a bigger space of stuff! A few years ago I read Sanda Felton's Living Organized and it really helped me get control for a few years. I think I could use a refresher. I'd love to join you but I can't imagine where I'd find the time right now. Maybe summer? UGH!!! This is great. If I posted my office, you would feel so much better! Same idea, just a bigger space of stuff!
A few years ago I read Sanda Felton’s Living Organized and it really helped me get control for a few years. I think I could use a refresher. I’d love to join you but I can’t imagine where I’d find the time right now. Maybe summer? UGH!!!

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3387 robin Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:24:45 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3387 Settle down, it's not over yet. I'm cleaning away here. Settle down, it’s not over yet. I’m cleaning away here.

]]> By: annette http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3385 annette Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:18:49 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3385 it's over, isn't it? there will be no follow up photos, will there? they've gotten to you, robin, haven't they? and by the way the scoldy voice was not in your head--it comes to you with love from yours truly. bj, mjg--peace out. it’s over, isn’t it? there will be no follow up photos, will there? they’ve gotten to you, robin, haven’t they? and by the way the scoldy voice was not in your head–it comes to you with love from yours truly.

bj, mjg–peace out.

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3379 robin Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:19:07 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3379 Thanks, MJG! You and BJ are such clutter-compassionates. It's nice to hear a voice other than that scoldy one in my head. Thanks, MJG! You and BJ are such clutter-compassionates. It’s nice to hear a voice other than that scoldy one in my head.

]]> By: bj http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3374 bj Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:43:26 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3374 Robin, I'm glad we're both members of the human race. :) Annette-- Nope. Lost that sucker as soon as I could. Robin, I’m glad we’re both members of the human race. :)

Annette– Nope. Lost that sucker as soon as I could.

]]> By: MJG http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3372 MJG Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:05:03 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3372 Robin, I commend you for your courage and raw guts to put your office pictures out there for the world to see. Not to worry, I know you know every pile by heart and what it contains, sorta your own style of filing system. I also know you can spic and span this room up in 2 hours. You ARE on vacation. Close the door and blinds to your office and enjoy your time off. No one is coming by to inspect, this has nothing to do with your marketing tour. In fact, you should be seeing more daytime movies. Dust and clutter have nothing to do with slowing down the creative juices. Be free, you deserve it!!! Burn those photos---no more guilt trips---is anyone yelling at you? Robin, I commend you for your courage and raw guts to put your office pictures out there for the world to see. Not to worry, I know you know every pile by heart and what it contains, sorta your own style of filing system. I also know you can spic and span this room up in 2 hours. You ARE on vacation. Close the door and blinds to your office and enjoy your time off. No one is coming by to inspect, this has nothing to do with your marketing tour. In fact, you should be seeing more daytime movies. Dust and clutter have nothing to do with slowing down the creative juices. Be free, you deserve it!!! Burn those photos—no more guilt trips—is anyone yelling at you?

]]> By: annette http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3362 annette Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:01:30 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3362 bj, did you by any chance keep his number? bj, did you by any chance keep his number?

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3360 robin Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:48:47 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3360 BJ, that story may qualify you to be one of my favorite people. BJ, that story may qualify you to be one of my favorite people.

]]> By: bj http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3359 bj Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:18:48 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/the-great-decluttering-experiment#comment-3359 I went out with a guy once. We had a great time out dancing, but before we went to the club, he wanted to show off his house. It was one of those McMansions on 5 acres, brand new, huge, and immaculate. He had to give me the guided tour. Not a single dustbunny to be seen, no dirty coffee cup in the sink, the surface of every piece of furniture shined to a dazzle . . . and it looked so sterile I felt like I was in a doctor's waiting room. Then he showed me the garage and bragged about how he had MOPPED THE GARAGE FLOOR before coming to pick me up. So anyway, we went out to dinner, and then dancing, had a blast. He opened doors for me, held my hand, hugged me affectionately and sweetly, but . . . I never went out with him again, never returned his phone calls or emails after that first night. There is something VERY SICK about mopping a garage floor. And no way was I going out a second time with that psycho. I went out with a guy once. We had a great time out dancing, but before we went to the club, he wanted to show off his house. It was one of those McMansions on 5 acres, brand new, huge, and immaculate. He had to give me the guided tour. Not a single dustbunny to be seen, no dirty coffee cup in the sink, the surface of every piece of furniture shined to a dazzle . . . and it looked so sterile I felt like I was in a doctor’s waiting room. Then he showed me the garage and bragged about how he had MOPPED THE GARAGE FLOOR before coming to pick me up.

So anyway, we went out to dinner, and then dancing, had a blast. He opened doors for me, held my hand, hugged me affectionately and sweetly, but . . . I never went out with him again, never returned his phone calls or emails after that first night. There is something VERY SICK about mopping a garage floor. And no way was I going out a second time with that psycho.

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