Peaceful, easy cleaning

At the beginning of every semester, I like to clean my room. Not just dust and vacuum (which I do) but I also like to pull everything out of every drawer, cabinet, and box. I find it a very liberating process. I get rid of all the stuff I don't need (Disney 3-D glasses, anyone?), pack up stuff that I won't use during the semester (notebooks, weather-inappropriate clothing), and discover things I forgot I had (staple-remover, how many times have I needed you throughout last semester? How many times did I wish that I had you? And to think you were hidden under my thousands of post-it notes this whole time!) It's always a nice feeling to look around your room and see everything perfectly lined up and in its place. I like knowing that when I open my drawer my shirts are perfectly color coordinated, my cassettes are in alphabetical order (yes, I still listen to cassettes; the sound of rewinding soothes me), and my staple-remover is sitting beside my neatly stacked post-its. Granted, by tomorrow, when I can't find an envelope or my Career Center shirt, my drawers will be in their typical disastrous state. For tonight, however, my drawers are nice and neat, and my life is perfect.