So, I keep seeing that “it’s something” meme floating around. You know the one. Guy shrugs, shows off something totally unimpressive. It got me thinking about this little project I did the other day. Or, well, project is a strong word.
My desk was a complete mess. Papers, pens rolling off, little bits and bobs everywhere. Drives me nuts. I thought, okay, I need some kind of little shelf thing, just to get some stuff off the main surface. Nothing fancy.
Did I go buy one? Nah. Too much effort. Plus, I figured I could probably whip something up myself. How hard could it be, right? Famous last words.
My Big DIY Attempt
I rummaged around and found some old cardboard boxes left over from deliveries. Good start, I thought. Free materials. Found some packing tape too. Perfect.
- Step 1: Eyeball some measurements. Who needs a ruler? I just sort of guessed how big the pieces should be. Hacked away at the cardboard with some scissors. Edges were all jagged.
- Step 2: Tried to stick the pieces together to make a sort of two-level shelf. Used the packing tape. Lots of it. Because the cardboard was flimsy and wouldn’t stand up right.
- Step 3: It looked… rough. Really rough. Crooked. Taped all over. Like something a five-year-old would make in art class.
- Step 4: I briefly thought about painting it to hide the ugliness. Found some old white paint. Dabbed a bit on. Looked even worse. Streaky, didn’t cover the tape properly. I gave up on that pretty quick.
Honestly, the whole thing took maybe twenty minutes. Max. The effort level was, let’s say, minimal.
The Grand Result
So now, sitting on my desk, is this lopsided, taped-together cardboard… thing. It wobbles if you breathe on it too hard. It’s an eyesore. My wife saw it and just raised an eyebrow.
But here’s the thing. I put my pens in it. A little stack of sticky notes. A USB stick. And it holds them. It hasn’t collapsed yet. Technically, it is organizing a tiny fraction of my desk clutter.
So yeah. I look at it, shrug. It’s something. It definitely exists. It performs the absolute minimum function I intended, albeit terribly. It’s not nothing. It’s just… not much.
Sometimes you just do the bare minimum, you know? You get a result that’s technically there, but it’s garbage. And you just gotta accept it. Better than staring at the messy desk doing absolutely nothing, I guess. Maybe. It’s something.
