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I'm afraid I am tidy, and I have to be because the office is open plan and my glass office door is literally always open.

I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.

When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down.

I really have to force myself to tidy up around the house.

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.

I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.

I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.

Messy stuff irritates me. I don't like messiness. If you leave something around my house, I'll tell you to move it back, clean it up, throw it in the trash - don't matter, just get rid of it. I need stuff neat, organized. And once I start cleaning stuff, I don't stop until it's done. Otherwise I'm irritated all day.

I don't like when I look too cluttered.