Just as I was about to pull up the draft of this week’s blog post, there was a flicker.   I most likely reacted and the next thing I knew…Clean Sweep.  Whatever my previous brilliant draft had to offer was history!  I am taking that as a gift.  Whatever, my earlier thoughts were are not as useful as what wants to surface right now.

In addition to that awareness, I also know that in some very specific ways it’s important to have a clean sweep right now.  How about you?  Two signals for why it is important for me to clear things up are,first, my memory banks are clogged enough that I didn’t remember the major content of my earlier post.  Generally, that is not true even when the draft is a week old. 

Secondly, a clean sweep is in order because my file drawers are hard to put new information into; they are crammed. What’s exciting about this “information overload“ is that there are reasons for it that I can name.  First, I haven’t taken time to clean out my files for a couple of months, secondly fresh inspiration has been flowing in, and as a result, I am writing more than usual. Third, health and business requirements have led me to do considerable research which has added fresh bulk to my files.   So, where from here?

• Make a hard copy of anything that I definitely don’t want to lose.

(Some organization experts may have a few different suggestions, and I would be delighted to hear from them!)