Are you afraid to clean your couch? I am
I was cleaning up the other day. When I came to the couch I almost skipped it. You probably know why. If you have ever cleaned a family couch in a house that is well lived in then you know horrors abound in there.
Then I realized I can write a short story about the family couch. I’ve told stories from that couch. Some went well, many didn’t. Wrestling matches have begun on that couch, tickle fights too!
Our dogs have made the couch their home during the day and they leave us strange thing all the time. Bird wings, lizard tails. Sorry, but it’s true. Dogs are rather ruthless with things they can eat.
My mind goes in odd places just as I planned. I began to think I have a family couch on my laptop. I call it my “Notes on WA training” folder. I was afraid to open it. I knew junk would fall out all over the desk.
That’s where I keep everything I am playing with during the day. Ideas, how to do things, etc. Sometimes I have good ideas so I thought I should go clean my digital ‘couch’ and oh wow is it ever full.
Many many hundreds of files. I spent a little while making folders and organizing some of those files. A lot of them were little notes about a training video Kyle did or something I read about affiliate marketing. It’s interesting how much has changed in 5 months. What I have learned here. The friends I’ve made. I think I’ll take more time to clean out this folder, there is valuable stuff under the cushion.
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I have this really bad habit of scribbling ideas on scrap paper on my desk before the idea fades away. I intend on transferring the idea onto my laptop notes later, but I often forget and end up trashing the scrap paper...
Great analogy, Paul! Luved it! I spent several hours going through my "to be filed" file...it fills a plastic filing box. Most of it is in the shredding file now. But I know what you mean about being afraid to open your idea file...I felt the same about all that shredding. Then I had the bright idea that it's chilly on the mountain in the evenings, and I can BURN the stuff instead of having to sit there and shred it all. No worries about forest fires if I'm using the wood stove!
I have just spent 2 days wrestling with the so-called 'removable' cushions on my coach and cleaning them. It took 2 days to get the covers off and then back on again, which is why I use the term 'removable' lightly!
Having said that, they do now look like brand new which is wonderful, apart from the fact that it has highlighted how dirty the rest of the sofa is!!
Haha - swings and roundabouts eh?
PS - I'm not known for my tidiness so this was a bold step for me. However I do feel good about having done it and now have half an eye on the curtains! :)
Thanks for sharing.
Gail
Yes, Paul. This a great analogy for writing. If we are willing to expose our underbellies , or the disturbing amount of goldfish under our couch cushions, we become real people to our audience.
It can be a scary endeavor, but our lives are stories. Some are clean, and some are uncomfortable. They are real nonetheless.
Thanks,
Haven
I think our couches may be cousins! One if my dogs, who has sadly passed away, used to bury all his treasures between the cushions. He had a wide variety of treasures, some of which had previously been buried in the yard--ugh!
Unfortunately, my desk looks as if I bury things on top of it. Note to self--time to tidy the desktop!
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You think the couch is bad...try behind and under the fridge!
A good giggle! Learned something.......
Laurel
Oh yeah, the fridge, nightmares back there.