{"id":4042,"date":"2024-01-05T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4042"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","slug":"all-systems-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4042","title":{"rendered":"ALL SYSTEMS GO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I once read about a study that showed anyone keeping a messy, disorganized workspace added an extra 3 hours to his work week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who knows how a study could measure such a thing, but it certainly sounds plausible. The rationale is that such an environment wastes the workers time in unnecessary distraction as well as constant searching for something amid the various piles.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing one of my major goals for 2024 is to write a dissertation, I figured a good cleaning of my home office was step #1.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all, without a system in place, a goal is just wishful thinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So not only was I dusting and decluttering over the past two days, I was also devising new systems to replace old, inefficient ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These systems aren&#8217;t visible in the photos, but they are there, under the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of January, I will know what&#8217;s working and what needs tweaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It feels like foundational progress and a good start to the new year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240104_220355-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240104_220404-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240104_220412-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3506\" height=\"2629\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240104_220447-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3554\" height=\"2665\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I once read about a study that showed anyone keeping a messy, disorganized workspace added an extra 3 hours to his work week.\u00a0 Who knows how a study could measure such a thing, but it certainly sounds plausible. The rationale is that such an environment wastes the workers time in unnecessary distraction as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042\/revisions\/4047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}