For those who know me, you know I have organizational tendencies. Some may even go so far as claiming I have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). I am here today to dispel these beliefs!
Just because a person enjoys going into a room that is an absolute disaster (like the Institute storeroom (in which I went on an epic adventure to discover the carpet last semester), or they feel the need to have a spice cupboard in alphabetical order, does not mean they are overly and obsessively organized. It just means I like things tidy and where I can find them. I like to look at a cupboard or room and see everything in it. And by putting together closets and kitchen cupboards now everyone else can find things too.
Yesterday I set about cleaning the kitchen cupboards at the Las Vegas Institute. I have to work there so I might as well know what is in there. Many people came in and gave me funny looks, lots of people asked what I was doing, and all of my friends who saw me came in to laugh. I was told by chuckling people that the spices don't NEED to alphabetized, the laughing stopped when they saw that's exactly what I was doing. But now I know what I have to cook with. And everything is clean and easy to locate. Each shelf also has an alphabetized list of everything on it, just in case anyone has a question of what is in there where to put things away.
This is not over organization or the workings of an OCD person. It is art! It is creating perfectly linear, alphabetized, ascetically pleasing beauty. Nothing is as beautiful and comforting as knowing where something you need is.
These are not the workings of a crazy OCD lady. This is the work of an artist! Yes I am an artist! And every cupboard, drawer, and shelf is my canvas!
P.S. For those who still hold the belief I am OCD, I believe I have proved the point. :P
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