My Special Space

With so much going on in my life (not now, but come next Monday when school starts!) I needed a place where I could sit down and focus and be able to put up my goals in a place where I could see them.  Yes, I could sit at the diningroom table, bu it's just not the same.

So after some online shopping, I found my desk.  $39.99 at Walmart.  It was available in my local store, so I went right away to pick it up.

The Box

At this point in the game I was pretty confident.  I mean, why couldn't I make a simple desk?  I was excited and promised myself I would not get frustrated.

Ahhh!  Too many pieces!!

 I kept pulling pieces out of the box.  There were far too many pieces for this one desk.  Also, the instructions were like 20 pages long.

At this point I was only at step 4 out of 12.  It was starting to look like a desk, though, which was encouraging.  However, the construction was not without frustration.  These types of things are always tricky because if you mess up on one piece or if you bend a screw, it all gets messed up.  We only had one part that was bent when I hammered it in, but Jon quickly corrected it and sent me back on my way to finishing.

Eventually, I finished.  I kept wanting to stop and take a break to eat lunch, but I kept chugging along.  It took an hour, more or less, but I was super proud of myself when it was all finished!

The corkboard was $1 at a thrift store.  I added the design.

Here it is!  My special space.  I know it won't always look this good, but for now I can appreciate the organized space that I can call my own.

Dani