Fall Cleaning

Fall cleaning.  No, it’s not a typo.  It is not Spring cleaning.  Anyone can follow the convention of spring clean, which I admit, has some inherent attraction, but it isn’t for me.

It has been a busy summer with many author events plus planning the annual Wisconsin Writers Association Conference.  Last Saturday we polished off an exceptional that only 35% of the members bothered to attend.  An annual conference takes a ton of work and is outrage sly expensive.  We lost money on the conference and there isn’t a nonprofit organization that can sustain that approach to serving members.

I digress –this post is about cleaning.  Over the summer my home office looked like the picture above.  To regain normalcy I decided to begin a cleaning project on Monday.  I call it “cleaning out the cobwebs”.  My mind needs to be cleared and aired out.  Physically cleaning my office is a metaphor for cleaning my mind.

The latest rage is having a device to stand while working on your laptop.  I often spend six hours a day sitting at my computer and there is strong evidence that it is a killer.  Monday morning I went to Office Depot and purchased a small stand up desk for just $100.  I’ve ordered an anti-fatigue matt that should arrive by tomorrow.  So far, I like standing.

Perhaps fall cleaning is another change that comes with age.  I like it.
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When do you clean?