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Good morning from the raft adrift in my personal chaos sea! Moving boxes are everywhere. My house is in disarray. I’m losing my keys, my phone or my mind every few hours. Mess and disorganization make me feel a little unmoored.
Mess and disorganization make me feel a little unmoored. And still, I can’t stop trying to undermine almost every structure I encounter. Even when the rules are our own, it can be difficult to stick to them. My husband and I make a conscious effort not to acquire stuff we don’t need and give away things we aren’t going to use. Yet, here we are clearing out an attic full of exceptions.
One of the reasons I find newsrooms dynamic and fun is because so many people who work in them have this push-and-pull relationship with structure. We like systems and clear expectations almost as much as we love breaking a rule. We want standards so we can question them.
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