And All This Time I Thought…

Posted on April 16, 2025 by mitchteemley

So, it turns out I’m a master of the ancient and venerated Chinese art of Feng Shui!

imagesAnd all this time I just thought I had OCD.

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Note: The above is meant strictly as self-mocking. My OCD is fairly handle-able (although in the past I’ve had some serious issues with anxiety). It even adds something of a silver lining to my writing. But for some, it can be an arduous and life-altering condition.

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28 Responses to And All This Time I Thought…

  1. mjeanpike says:
    April 16, 2025 at 11:35 am

    Cute post. And I get it! I am a counter and a checker 🙂

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  2. Nancy Homlitas says:
    April 16, 2025 at 11:57 am

    My daughter once posted a pic on FB that she took of her organized spice drawer. I had been to her home to babysit. She commented that “I always know when my mom’s been here!” So, I can relate to your issues, Mitch! 🙂

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  3. Jeff Cann says:
    April 16, 2025 at 12:04 pm

    Mitch, thank you for your disclaimer on OCD. I think people need to hear frequently how serious a condition it is.

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  4. Terry says:
    April 16, 2025 at 12:18 pm

    As a self-confessed OCD-ish personality myself, I totally get it, Mitch!

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  5. Anonymous says:
    April 16, 2025 at 1:14 pm

    Good one! I really appreciate you adding that disclaimer about OCD onto the post. There is another blogger I follow who has fairly serious OCD. He regularly laments people using it as a casual, throwaway punch line. It really messes up his life.

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  6. Rob Stroud says:
    April 16, 2025 at 1:36 pm

    Ah, uber-organization. My poor wife is one of you folks… and she had the misfortune of falling in love with me. I am one of those people who (literally) has a marble engraving in front of me what says “A Messy Desk is a Sign of Genius.” I can’t find it right now, but I know it’s buried here somewhere on my desk…

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  7. seekingdivineperspective says:
    April 16, 2025 at 1:57 pm

    I can relate, Mitch! I don’t know if it’s OCD, ADD, EDD (Easily Distracted Disorder), or what, but I remember being a kid arranging things at the table while the grownups talked and talked and talked …

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  8. Erika says:
    April 16, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    I can relate to that well. I love when everything is put nicely in shape, ideally in tetris style. That’s how I love my work places to look like.

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  9. Priscilla Bettis says:
    April 16, 2025 at 2:57 pm

    Haha, I’m an expert, too!

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  10. ktz2 says:
    April 16, 2025 at 3:34 pm

    oh me too, When I laid eyes on the picture it was an instant ‘ooooh’ ! btw when I make or print a text document – it MUST be in the justified margin or my day is all wrong haha

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  11. Kymber @booomcha says:
    April 16, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    I relate to this so much. lol

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  12. Any Element says:
    April 16, 2025 at 7:57 pm

    Feng Shui? Sound like an interesting art there

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  13. Cindy Garcia says:
    April 16, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    loved the article, would you be kind to just support my posts by like or comment please? thanks btw 😍😍😍

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  14. Alice Smiths EPEX says:
    April 16, 2025 at 11:30 pm

    ❤️❤️

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  15. Hayley Osner says:
    April 17, 2025 at 4:43 am

    I appreciate your openness and the insight you’ve shared here. It’s powerful to see how you’ve turned something challenging into a part of your creative process.

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  16. Susanne Matthews says:
    April 17, 2025 at 9:13 am

    I think there are times when we all deal with a little OCD. I’m that way about my work, rewriting until it’s perfect, at least to me. I can’t just write and go. I have to stop and correct mistakes, start again, and then repeat.

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  17. Crush says:
    April 17, 2025 at 9:31 am

    ❤️👌

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  18. C.A. Post says:
    April 17, 2025 at 8:10 pm

    I’m not obsessive-compulsive! I just think we should do everything the RIGHT way‼️🤠

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  19. isabellawolgoth says:
    April 18, 2025 at 2:45 pm

    That’s got to come in handy. You can come over and OCD my place when you have time. Also, thanks for the like today.

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