When Things are in a Mess

There are people who can actually do productive work in a desk that looks like this.  It doesn't bother them that everything seems disorganized. They know exactly where everything is.

Simple Order

Complex Order

They can argue that their desk is orderly too, but in a much more complicated way.

I actually admire people who can function in an environment that appears to be in complete disarray. They will do well in the kind of world we live in today.

Ordinary people like me who are not as fully evolved can't work unless everything around our desk is in perfect order.  I tell myself that when everything in the world is a loose ends, at least everything on my 24" X 48" desk is exactly where it ought to be.  I find that thought very comforting.