Peace of Mind Organizing

Rebooting the day

19 July 2012

So it’s only 7:23 a.m. as I write this and I already feel like rebooting my day. Why? My cat, Joe, who’s been driving me nuts lately by lolling around on my desktop (frequently on top of my keyboard and mouse) rolled right into my full coffee cup, emptying it all over my desk. He spilled the coffee away from himself, so he didn’t even get up when it happened. I got him up.

I frantically found towels and paper towels to take care of the mess, fuming all the while and probably alarming my innocent standard poodle, Kirby, in the process.

Joe, unapologetic desktop dominator

But now that I’ve cleaned up the mess, brewed and drunk another cup and calmed down, I’m trying not to let such an inauspicious beginning to the day ruin the whole thing.

There are some things to be grateful for in the situation:

• My desk wasn’t super cluttered
• None of the ruined paper products were important
• The coffee didn’t seem to affect the electronics it touched
• The coffee didn’t hit my Bingo board which I was in the process of setting up for the day when the mug was knocked over
• Joe wasn’t burned
• My desktop is now actually clean, rather than just tidy
• This might serve as incentive for me to do a better job of discouraging Joe from hanging around on my desk (wish me luck with that)
• I got a blog post out of the deal

When misfortunes occur, I tend to be something of a Pollyanna. I can usually see the good aspect of any situation, and for that I am so grateful.

Joe’s little indiscretion is a nice reminder that while I can’t control the actions of others, I can control my reaction to them. I was really, really annoyed when it happened and now I can shrug it off.

Here’s to a great day!

Tagged with: attitude, clean desk, joe, optimism

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