If a Creative Mess Makes You a Genius, What Does Tidy Idleness Make You?
If you have a messy desk, it is a sign that you are a genius, say researchers at The University of Minnesota. Yay! Let’s go With That! Us messy deskers are like Einstein, with our piles of junk and clutter inspiring us to come up with creative solutions! A clear and neat desk inspires us to be more conventional and stay in the box. The man himself said: "If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, of what then is a sign of an empty desk?" - Albert Einstein.
Here is link to a video that explains the research from USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/2017/07/12/-messy-desk-could-sign-creative-genius/103632198/
What About Our Messy Houses?
Does the same process cross over into our homes? Do we cook better tasting meals in a messy kitchen? I was in Starbucks today and two independent construction contractors were talking about a home that they were renovating. One of them, who was wearing shorts, said he was doing floor to ceiling tiles in two bathrooms in the home of a lady that they both seemed to know.
The other one who was wearing a heavy coat said: “didn’t you renovate her house a little while ago?”
“Why doesn’t she clean up her house to make it look better instead of constantly renovating it?”
I felt like I was going to burst out laughing, but didn’t want to blow my cover as the evesdropper at the next table who was prentending to innocently scroll through my phone.
The contractor in shorts answered: “I’ll take her money if she wants to renovate.”
“She loves her knick knacks.” “ There is so much stuff in her house and each job I have to move it all out of the way I get paid to do it.”
Hmmm... They thought she could de-clutter her house and it would look as good as getting it renovated without the expense and disruption of having all the tile saws crying out and the air being filled with dust from floors being removed.
I think the lady thrives on creating a creative mess. Maybe living in a construction zone turns her into a creative genius.
She loves taking action, making decisions, picking out products and admiring her new environment. She is providing employment for these two lovely self-employed gentlemen in the process.
Maybe tidy idleness is a sign of boredom, of a need to be comfortable and feel in control, and a fear of change.
All I can say is I am gonna keep posting my Steemit blogs from this mess of a desk!
Picture - Pixabay
Video Source - USA Today
I'd say that being too neat is the sign of someone that is repressing their inner messiness. heheh
Haha good one! Maybe they need messiness lessons!
Well, I wouldn't generalize. It's not a universal law
When I was little boy, this was my most important excuse. I didn't clean the room and thought I was a genius, but now I understand that this is not so. Read the article https://www.homoq.com/mess-ruins-our-lives/ in which everything is described in detail. The apartment or room should be in order, then it will mean that you are well done.