UNDER YOUR SKIN

My colleague told me that I got under his skin. It had to do with a culture result, and I was wrong, but it was worrisome enough that he had to make sure that I wasn't right. Funny thing, I really appreciated that he had given me the benefit of the doubt. That doesn't always happen. I didn't deserve it, in this case. But I like the reminder of the expression. It usually means to be annoying, but Cole Porter wrote lyrics to describe the complexities of love and infatuation. Here is Frank Sinatra singing it.

Sometimes I think I am the only one that has people under my skin. Sometimes I don't know if it is good or bad. I guess most often it is bad. But once in a while, someone gets under and it is a good thing. I have a few people who are under my skin. They may not even know it, but each interaction is as Jung describes it: " The meeting of personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed."  I hope I am under someone's skin too, in a good way. It's hard to tell when it happens. But it must, right?

ART DECO PATTERNS

CLEAN YOUR CLOSET LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW

DÖSTÄDNING
The Swedish exercise of death cleaning. It is about paring down what you really need to the minimum and finding a permanent form of organization that makes everyday life run more smoothly. It thinks about who will come after you if you die without doing it. Intuitively, we all do this is some way. De-cluttering and non-materialistic pursuits are linked with happiness and streamlining feels good. But this means evaluating your storage spaces and filing systems so that you are ready to turn your estate over to the next generation, whenever that comes.

MARIE CONDO

This one woman wonder singlehandedly started the KonMari Method, and wrote a book by the fundamental idea of only keeping items that "Spark Joy".

Her six basic rules of tidying are as follows:

1. Commit yourself to tidying up.

2. Imagine your ideal lifestyle.

3. Finish discarding first.

4. Tidy by category, not by location.

5. Follow the right order.

6. Ask yourself if it sparks joy.

If you want to get the bigger picture, check out her Netflix documentary series called "Tidying Up."

The executive summary is this: Tidy by these categories, and in this order:

1. clothes

2. books

3. papers

4. komono (miscellaneous)

5. sentimental items

"Keep only things that speak to the heart, and discard items that no longer spark joy. Thank them for their service - then let them go."