Spring (summer) cleaning

After the storm of grading comes the calm of sorting papers, clearing up the office, and throwing things away.

This year I have more than usual as I am continuing my journey towards minimalism. I have hundreds of novels in my office that I am slowly disposing of, re-reading where necessary. It’s slow but enjoyable.

After last year’s earthquake, I had to move my office twice: once to temporary quarters, then to the prefabricated building we’re in now. Our actual offices are being fixed up and reinforced, and we should be able to move back by sometime next year (I say sometime because the actual date they’re supposed to be finished has already been moved back severa times).

My goal is to have very few things to move back, so that my office ends up being a peaceful and tidy place where I can work.

As you can see from the picture above, I have a long way to go.