Rearranging

We started rearranging the office with an idea of how it might turn out.
Not a plan exactly — more like a picture.

Early on, we paused.
One piece we assumed would move seemed, suddenly, like it needed to stay.
So we stopped there.

Instead of pushing forward, we got curious about what might come next.

We tried a chair we already knew we weren’t going to keep.
Just to see.
Then we left the space and went to the store, looking for something closer to what I had imagined.

When we brought the new chair home, it didn’t land all at once.
A few more adjustments were needed.
Then I noticed I wanted a pillow — something to lean my head back against.

Earlier, at the store, I had seen a pillow I loved.
I didn’t buy it then.
I thought it might be too much for the space.

It wasn’t.
It was exactly what was needed.

Later, I remembered another pillow I’d seen — the kind with a slogan.
It said: Bad decisions make great stories.
I had taken a picture of it and laughed.

Looking back, I wondered how I would ever know
whether a decision was good or bad
before making it.

I don’t think I can.

I can only notice whether I am moving toward something that feels more coherent —
or away from it.