So lately I have been procrastinating of organizing my personal things and I thought of finally putting it in action today, before 2013 comes (an obvious sign that I don't want a cluttered life for the new year), and I've realized loads of things - other than the nostalgic things I have found and organized; either kept or discarded for good.
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| Goodies from PSYSC :) |
These PSYSC (Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs) IDs and handbooks brought fresh memories of me when I was in high school; freely going to camps and such. One of the camps I religiously went to were the PSYSC summit camps and the national camps every summer. In these camps I realized how I loved science and how I would love to pursue a degree related to science. I learned how to differentiate beaches according to their sand profiles through the lectures, gathered beautiful friends, and later on, developed independence.
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| A gift from a high school friend who went to Bagiuo, Philippines: A purple dream catcher. |
Lately, these were gaining popularity among photo-sharing sites I have been to, and when I was rummaging my treasures this afternoon, I found this and thought "Why not post it?". I had this since 2009, I was in my second year of high school education then - and was very close to the one who gave this to me. At the moment, the person who gave this to me and I are not in the terms when we were when the person gave this trinket to me. A lot has changed and this very token is the only remembrance I have of our golden friendship (as I'd always like to put it de Oro - a Spanish term I learned in my subject Rizal).
Organizing my things made me realize how disconnected I was in my world for the past year, I felt rejuvenated stuffing my things in cute paper and plastic boxes knowing that a part of my life has been compartmentalized. I broke sweat and passed on things to my little sister - who loves to scavenge my unused yet useful things. All she does with these things is play with them, makes use of them as her doll's suitcases, jewelry, etc. because unlike me, my sister is a total girl package.
I don't want to be the stereotyped artist who best works in a cluttered space - though at times I do - because most of the time I am compelled by my obsessive-compulsive nature to arrange things in such a way that everyone would be benefited, most especially my mother. It's nice to learn organization in the process of organizing - tying my colored pencils, pens, and brushes in cute crazy bands. Isn't that artistic?
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| My organized art materials box with a copy of the contents made from a newspaper cutout. |
Intellectually guessing, I think I am more productive during 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. when I wake up late, but the usual productive time of my conscious self is 5 A.M. to 9 A.M., all depends on what time I sleep, and as a general knowledge about me, I am NOT productive during 1 P.M. to 3 P.M., I know, holy hour and such - as my Filipino teacher would call it - Oras de Peligro.
In the end, I had arranged all the cluttered things obstructing everyone with their work - including my wardrobe, I even set up a mini book shelf with my newly-acquired books this Christmas.
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| My newly-added mini bookshelf containing Will Grayson, Will Grayson and An Abundance of Katherines - both authored by John Green - The Perks of being a Wallflower - by Stephen Chbosky - a how to speak Korean book (given by my father when he came back from South Korea, my empty passport, and a couple of CDs. |
Organizing my things is a way for to organize my life as well - more of spiritual organization. So the next time you arrange your mess, consider it as de-cluttering your life! xx
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