tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post3305632158428792711..comments2023-07-21T03:00:15.795-07:00Comments on Jeri’s Organizing & Decluttering News: Josh Freed: Messy and UnashamedJeri Danskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647833266269245240noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post-69462953562329233222008-08-08T22:34:00.000-07:002008-08-08T22:34:00.000-07:00Isn't that Esther Dyson comment interesting?! I h...Isn't that Esther Dyson comment interesting?! I hope someone interviews her and finds out if she feels more productive.<BR/><BR/>I've just come off of a week-long spree of selling on Craigslist. I finally realized that my workspace is not an art supply store! So I sold a bunch of extra stuff because the empty space is more conducive to my creative efforts than yet another extra canvas or pad of paper or stack of mats.<BR/><BR/>I'm headed toward what I call "functional minimalism" -- enough stuff to do what I want and need to do, and with easy access to everything. That's dictated by the amount of space I have (reality). When I find I have difficulty getting to my stuff, or I have stuff sitting around that won't be used for a very long time, I know I have too much.Cynthia Friedlobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678323220024869277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post-58838297458322586672008-08-08T13:51:00.000-07:002008-08-08T13:51:00.000-07:00Cynthia, in the film there's a couple who use the ...Cynthia, in the film there's a couple who use the "border of disorder" concept. They share an office, with an invisible line down the middle. In the bedroom, there's her side (which she's arranged so it's the side you see when you first enter the room) and his side (with a trail of clothes on the floor).<BR/><BR/>I also just stumbled on this, from <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/release-09-a-dif_b_78989.html" REL="nofollow">Esther Dyson on the Huffington Post</A> on December 31, 2007: "My end-of-year resolution, for what it's worth, was to clean up my desk. I have already achieved it, and with it a nice sense of satisfaction going into the New Year."Jeri Danskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01647833266269245240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post-88450784348156054372008-08-08T11:53:00.000-07:002008-08-08T11:53:00.000-07:00I read the AOL article, but, more significantly, I...I read the AOL article, but, more significantly, I looked at all the photos. They are stunning!<BR/><BR/>While I could never survive in the chaos of those offices, as you said, if the people who work there are content, that's their choice.<BR/><BR/>I like the concept of the "border of order" but I wonder how well it works. If a person has a tendency to be messy, how is that tendency controlled in the rest of the house? What does Esther Dyson's home look like if she doesn't want to be bothered putting things away? Does Josh Freed's wife have to nag him to pick up his socks?<BR/><BR/>Also, even if a mess is exclusively paper, as Freed rather proudly proclaims is the case in his office, isn't there still a problem with insects? Yuck.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the interesting link!Cynthia Friedlobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678323220024869277noreply@blogger.com