All things considered, she had everything she needed.
More than she thought was there, really. More than some might consider necessary.
She leaned back in her chair, then leaned forward to straighten a stray implement. Adjust another.
“Orderly desks make orderly minds,” Papa always said. Pointedly.
She might not manage to get much order in the latter, but she sure could try to tame the chaos of the former.
And it did look better organized, she had to admit.
Now, if only the desk could fill loan applications. Or order funds to her account so she could pay the bills.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt: Jan Wayne Fields
Na'ama Yehuda 
Not enough to be organized… But it is a start (so I keep telling myself!)
Always do well crafted ..
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Yep, though once one starts, a bit of ‘organized chaos’ may be okay for some … 😉
Thank you! xx
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I, for one, have a bit of organized and totally disorganized chaos. I truly am trying to get a handle on it… but my wand is out of order 😏
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Yep. Same. Oh, and if you find your wand, can you pretty please ask it if it knows where mine’s been roaming? Thanks In Advance … 😉
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They are so annoying when they want to be.
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Yep. They learn it from their cousins, the elves, and their second cousins once removed, the imps and fairies.
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So true…it’s a tight-knot family…
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Yeah. Rudolph agrees … 😉
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Ummm make that knot a knit, wouldya?
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who know … with them folk, all’s possible … 😉
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🙂
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While she ponders the next step, she can always re-reorganize! 🙂
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Yep. I mean, moving the paper clips to the other side might make ALL the difference … 😉
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Nicely observed. We bring order to things we can. It gives us the comforting illusion of holding chaos at bay.
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Thank you, Neil! Yes, indeed, sometimes controlling that which we can, can aid in managing that which we cannot …
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I like how you imply how an orderly and tidy obsession distracts from the more serious problems of life.
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Thank, James. Sometimes one controls what one can, when so much that is bigger is out of one’s control …
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Maybe she should take up housekeeping for someone who will pay her. Doing my own doesn’t pay me much.
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Ah, that’s a great idea for her! 🙂 Perhaps she will! And … yeah, one’s own house-keeping rarely pays a good salary …
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Oy. I fear neither my desk nor my mind will ever be orderly. Too much multitasking…at least there’s a word for it now. 😉 A desk that fills out applications and pays bills…yeah, that would be great. I love this piece and laughed out loud at the end. Thanks. I needed a good laugh.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ah, me glad! Laughter is good! 🙂 Especially in especially crazy times! 🙂 xx
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Well, they’re halfway there anyway! At university I used to say “a tidy desk is a lazy postgrad”. As you may have guessed, my desk was a right mess 🙂
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LOL. Does it apply after grad school, too? 😉
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A wish too far, unfortunately. If only…!
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If only … 😉
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yes, it’s true. it’s all about pespective.
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🙂 almost everything is … 🙂
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At least she’s prepared for good tidings. Hoping a miracle happens for her.
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Amen to that! Who knows, eh? 🙂
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If only …
I love the saying, “Creative clutter is better than idle neatness.” I’ll go with that. =)
Nice, entertaining story, Na’ama. I hope you are well.
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Thanks, Brenda! Yes, I’ll go with the creative clutter, too … 😉 (especially seeing as I have it around me anyway! …)
I’m hanging in there. I hope you and yours are, too?
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We are … one day at a time! =)
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Yep. Ain’t got no other way to do it but that …
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It’s a lovely feeling isn’t it, when everything is in its place. Pity it doesn’t remain that way.
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I know! Things have an odd tendency to move out of order … 😉
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I do try get my work benches organised, but I have found the best models and writing can develop out of an from an untidy area.🙂
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Yep, all too often that’s the case … 😉
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I feel like she’s procrastinating doing actual work or sales!
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I feel like you aren’t wrong … 😉 Thanks, Fatima!
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That desk can never be clean enough! Stalling…
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Yeah, sometimes it just HAS to be cleaned one more time and the paper clips rearranged … 😉
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Sorry so late in reading… been a week
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I’m so sorry … these are tricky times on many fronts. I hope you’re taking care. Good thing about reading stuff is that words-on-screen aren’t quick to expire … 😉
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Yea. 🙂
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Enjoyed! Bills were one of my huge put-off-till-later thngs too.
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🙂 thanks, Roger! I think many of us had been there at some point…
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