In the NYT today [yes, I'm an avid reader] apparently there have been studies that show that moderately messy people are more creative and more efficient with their time. Messier offices have more creativity; higher educated people and higher efficiency than the polished, highly organized ones. The urber-organizational people have got it all wrong. perhaps it’s because they spend more time redefining, organizing and planning their schedule than actually getting shit done? or maybe because they’re so worried about coloring within the boundry’s that they never free themselves to truly think ‘outside the box.’ As an owner and avid user of palm pilot and outlook I can see that there’s considerable amount of time spent getting your shit organized and cataloged in the appropriate boxes and file folders. I can easily spend hours filing people under personal or business or other, and then do the same 26 more times for things like their phones numbers, their address, etc, etc. I always thought the idea was that once you enter it I once you’re all done- but it seems you’re never done! Here’s a little tid bit I just read: Did you know that more people are killed in cross walks than people who jay-walk? who knew!? And as if I needed another reason to be messier, most liberals read more and are better educated than conservative people. Well, that just makes all the sense in the world to me. That’s why all those conservatives have those highly puckered pouty faces. They’re too uptight with rules and organization. From Office Space when all the tight-ass employers were asking, ‘Did you get that new TPS report?”.
This year, I plan to be more efficient, more creative and messier.
Below my ode to the efficient and moderately messy’ - my sketch of the highly disorganized but highly efficient school of fishes feeding on a thing of yummy ‘yellow stuff”.
