Chaos Theory

Is it possible that swapping the places of two basket chairs in the kitchen, much like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings on the other side of the world, could cause bigger changes than solely the aesthetic?  Chair move started a ripple effect.  Recycling jam jars out of a cupboard, making space for items that were plonked on the kitchen counter, has had a similar renewing effect.  Am all organised.  That’s a lie.  The kitchen counters are cleared.  I am in a state of surrendered influence, being led along by the quasi-control of newness – but without spending money on more clutter.  Or making lists.  Making lists only works if they are short, otherwise they are demoralising and guaranteed to stop all progress.  Much better to experiment.  See what happens.  Is this what it feels like to be ‘in the flow’?  Who cares?  It’s working, feels good and inspires more of the same. 

When I was working in IT in my early thirties, was the epitome of that ‘if you want something done ask a busy person’ form of chaos.  Accepted work being piled on, and instead of speaking up, grew extremely resentful of a very lazy chap in the same team.  Mostly, because he got away with it.  Then the Company we worked for lost the Client contract and the new Company head-hunted me, because my name was on all the change control emails.  Found out, through a tittle-tattler, that his crony had complained that lazy guy should have had the job they’d offered me.  He was told they didn’t know who lazy guy was, and as I was the one doing the back-office work, they needed me for continuity of service.  Life lesson number nine.  Still disliked the slacker right enough, but OMG that was satisfying to find out.