Sorting

After being away for 6 weeks, paper had conquered my home office.  I spent a goodly chunk of the day going through piles of paper on my desk, on the floor near my desk, in bins and various containers near my desk, and my inbox.  I love categorizing papers and putting them in the place where they belong (Typical Categories:  Trash, Refer, To Do, File/Scan, Personal Correspondence, Scrapbook, Magazines by category (design, fashion, brain food (The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Economist), anti-brain food (People), etc.)).  I threw away bunches of paper (in the recycling bin, of course), filed a bunch of mail order catalogs in alphabetical order in their lateral file, sent receipts and invoices and financial statements and philanthropic requests to my family office, and eventually found the surface of my desk.  Now all I have to do is actually do the things in my To Do pile.