In lieu of dying Easter Eggs last Saturday, I spent some time rearranging the dining room shelves. My kind of happy. It led me to color sorting my books into a rainbow ombre type of business like I've seen in many places and have wanted to copy.
It takes time that color sorting of books because here's what happens...
Does the spine which is cream but has orange words go with the greys/creams/whites or does it go at the tail end of the orange leading into the yellow? Does the spine which is blue and green with a touch of red go with the blue, the green, or the red?
And finally, does that color which is apparently super popular for book spines these days and is like an aqua or a turquoise but not really exactly either of those go with green or blue?
It's tough.
Obviously this whole analysis of the struggle is very tongue in cheek as it's color sorting books. First world problems at their finest right here.
The final product does indeed do to my eyes what I wanted and I feel this activity covered the same bases as dying Easter eggs on the Saturday before the Sunday morning.
I also feel like I might be entering a whole new level of neurotic, so there's that too. Happy Friday! May the weekend be like the best thing ever times three for you and yours.
If you have some spare minutes, because those are plentiful right, listen or watch or watch and listen this little blip. I believe researcher Heidi Grant Halvorson just may be hitting lots of points which cause pondering. It's all about the Be Good mindset vs. the Get Better mindset. I always enjoy learning new things which make me look in the mirror and do some reflecting.
The basic premise is if we are operating in a Be Good mindset, we are functioning simply to compare ourselves to others and are setting ourselves up for failure. It's the notion of I'm not a "math person." Therefore, I just don't do that business because so and so down the hall is good at math, not me. If we are operating in a Get Better mindset, we are functioning to always improve our own performance measured against our previous go at it. It's the notion of there's no such thing as a "math person." Or a skilled at cooking person. Or a technology inclined person. Here's where I add in my two cents. I do believe people are sometimes naturally talented in areas but I also believe many times it is what we have been cultivated into and have worked hard to achieve. So maybe if the Get Better against my own start point was applied to things we don't think we can do, we could in fact do them. And eventually do them well.
It's like the self-fulfilling prophecy a bit. My mom was the queen of using this to get us to become public speakers and brownie bakers and leaders. She calls it strong use of momma manipulation but I think it might be deeper than that and more positive than using the word manipulation. Maybe it was more of creating an atmosphere of using the Get Better mindset.
I'm rambling now so I'll stop with saying, I wonder where color sorting books for your dining room shelves falls?
It takes time that color sorting of books because here's what happens...
Does the spine which is cream but has orange words go with the greys/creams/whites or does it go at the tail end of the orange leading into the yellow? Does the spine which is blue and green with a touch of red go with the blue, the green, or the red?
And finally, does that color which is apparently super popular for book spines these days and is like an aqua or a turquoise but not really exactly either of those go with green or blue?
It's tough.
Obviously this whole analysis of the struggle is very tongue in cheek as it's color sorting books. First world problems at their finest right here.
The final product does indeed do to my eyes what I wanted and I feel this activity covered the same bases as dying Easter eggs on the Saturday before the Sunday morning.
I also feel like I might be entering a whole new level of neurotic, so there's that too. Happy Friday! May the weekend be like the best thing ever times three for you and yours.
If you have some spare minutes, because those are plentiful right, listen or watch or watch and listen this little blip. I believe researcher Heidi Grant Halvorson just may be hitting lots of points which cause pondering. It's all about the Be Good mindset vs. the Get Better mindset. I always enjoy learning new things which make me look in the mirror and do some reflecting.
The basic premise is if we are operating in a Be Good mindset, we are functioning simply to compare ourselves to others and are setting ourselves up for failure. It's the notion of I'm not a "math person." Therefore, I just don't do that business because so and so down the hall is good at math, not me. If we are operating in a Get Better mindset, we are functioning to always improve our own performance measured against our previous go at it. It's the notion of there's no such thing as a "math person." Or a skilled at cooking person. Or a technology inclined person. Here's where I add in my two cents. I do believe people are sometimes naturally talented in areas but I also believe many times it is what we have been cultivated into and have worked hard to achieve. So maybe if the Get Better against my own start point was applied to things we don't think we can do, we could in fact do them. And eventually do them well.
It's like the self-fulfilling prophecy a bit. My mom was the queen of using this to get us to become public speakers and brownie bakers and leaders. She calls it strong use of momma manipulation but I think it might be deeper than that and more positive than using the word manipulation. Maybe it was more of creating an atmosphere of using the Get Better mindset.
I'm rambling now so I'll stop with saying, I wonder where color sorting books for your dining room shelves falls?
1 comment:
Can you please come to my house and color sort my books? Really, there is no one I would rather do that with and I would love to do that.
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