{"id":2,"date":"2012-03-22T15:46:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T15:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emptydesk.local\/new\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-10-06T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T18:37:54","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to The &#8220;Empty Desk&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interesting quote, but the opposite of cluttered is uncluttered, or tidy, not empty. May I also add that the opposite of empty is full.<\/p>\n<p>What is an empty desk, in real terms?<\/p>\n<p>Is an empty desk the sign of an empty mind? If so, empty of what? The answer to this question is that an empty desk is empty of clutter. Albert Einstein had a full desk, not a cluttered desk!<\/p>\n<p>To use a garden analogy, &#8220;clutter&#8221; is the weeds and &#8220;full&#8221; is the garden, as you want it. If you progress from a cluttered position, you may improve for a while, but your progress will eventually fade, the garden being stifled by the &#8220;weeds&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>This website is about how to get to an empty desk in order to experience having a full desk, just like Albert Einstein, with just your own &#8220;genius&#8221; present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author and contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Douglas Peacock\u00a0 28, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5DY.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone: 01342 824678<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>e-mail: emptydesk@icloud.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction &#8220;If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein. Interesting quote, but the opposite of cluttered is uncluttered, or tidy, not empty. May I also add that the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":221,"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emptydesk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}