That's what my blogging home page said when I started this entry.  That was five days ago. Hmm.  Well.

Anyhow.  Last night I read an article written by Sheryl Seyfert for the Spring 2008 issue of Creative LIving entitled "Mess Appeal Embrace Dosprder - There's Creativity In It."  I gotta say, I found it really interesting.  The article was based on the author's interviews with Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman regarding their book 'A Perfect Mess:  The Hidden Benefits of Disorder".  In their book, which I haven't read, the authors promote messiness.  They say the American obsession with being organized is flawed, that a little mess is a good thing.

It just so happens I agree, sort of.  My stand on the whole issue is it's none of my business how organized or disorganized any single American is.  My concerns are with myself, and the hardy soul who hires me to help them.  My clients hire me to get them to a level of organization they are comfortable with and can maintain.  They hire me because they need help, and I can be that help.  It's very, very personal.

The gist of Abrahamson and Freedman's thinking seems to be people are usually organized to a level that is comfortable, but often feel pressure from family, friends, even society at large, to become "organized", a vague ideal that very few of us reach.

If that sounds familiar, it is.  We get the same sort of message regarding our physical appearance, parenting, and lawns.  Just to mention a few. 

To heck with all that.  If you're happy with your organizational systems I wish you the fortitude to tell your critics to take a hike.  I don't care what your systems look like.  If you're happy, I'm happy.  This is, after all, the good old USA, we get to pick how we live.  If you're not happy, we should talk.

Life with freedom of choice is bliss.