I have piles.
No, not the medical condition.
Stuff piled all over our house. Christmas on the guest room bed (even though we minimized this year and everything mailable has been sent). Christmas cards yet to be finished on the dining room table; hopefully that will disappear by tomorrow (how far can I push the USPS?). Piles on the desks, but that's normal.
What concerns me is the chair near our dining room table, which is the landing place for everything I'm currently working on/need to deal with. That pile has grown in recent weeks. Book promotion to-do's, Friends' writings to read. HOA newsletter stuff to work on (that's going to be late this month, and since it's a volunteer job, I'm not going to fret). Proofs from paying design work, waitin for changes or approval to print.
It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's not fair... lately my life has been a whirl of things to do, so not fair to blame it on the holidays. Nonetheless, I look forward to January, when life gets back to normal.
Who am I kidding? Some of the piles will still be there. Then there will be a new one, since next thing up will be my book coming out in print, and everything related to that.
All of a sudden, I am grateful for my piles. It means I am busy with good things.
4 comments:
I have the piles too, but not piles of stuff received, rather piles of stuff hoarded. We are a family of packrats. Next Monday, though, my mother is coming to my house to eat for the first time! Oh the cleaning that is happening!!! I am grateful for it though, because it is teaching me to let go of stuff I no longer actually have need for! Peace.
I think you will find lots of company! Having a business in a small home is conducive to piles, as is doing the homework for an aging parent. As you said, it's the sign of an active, involved life!
This post made me laugh as I guess I must have a very active, involved life since I have piles all over the house. My husband is always after me to put them all in one place so that's what I've been doing this week! Instead of lots of little piles I guess I'll just have one big giant one.
Now that my Christmas card pile is gone, I have been trying to weed through my other piles, If I move them around, put them in little piles, they seem more manageable. My most important pile involves my book promotion, and that gets my attention. Once that's done, or will it ever be, I can refocus on other piles. I have several writings by local authors that I promised to look at. Thankfully, they know that I am swamped right now.
Which leads me to another question... why do all of these writers care what I think? I'm as insecure and confused as they are!
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