I eked out another 30 minutes yesterday on "hot spots" around the house.
New total: 2 hours.
I eked out another 30 minutes yesterday on "hot spots" around the house.
New total: 2 hours.
CL, in your case I would just have a box for locations that are a ways and the last thing you could do is walk to that place and put everything away in the box. I like that she doesn’t recommend emptying your closet. Making a bigger mess never appealed to me. You can sign up for her free newsletter.
So, I spent almost three hours in the studio barn.
the back of my car is full of recycling to drop off tomorrow.
i filled two trash cans.
i brought all the big keep items to where they needed to be, but I have two boxes of donate (one large and light, one small and heavy) in the studio, and I have a boot sized shoebox of things that belong in the house. I left it there because when I looked in it, it was such an assortment I did not want to deal with it.
Wow, I really like that blog! "I adjust to my environment easily and quickly" and how that becomes a deterrent to decluttering was a big eye-opener for me. And I have experienced the exact same thing with "pulling it all out" - just today, in fact, tried to sort half of my closet, ended up shoving it all back in...
I like the blog too. I think it’s tomorrow that her kindle books go back up to full price so I bought the other one for 2.99. I already finished the one I bought from her.
I might try to get the books from the library. I’m not a kindle person. Also, a newsletter seems like one more thing right now, so I will stick with reading her blog a bit at a time until I finish the first nine years.
I like how she writes down what she has accomplished instead of focusing on what she plans to do.
in that spirit - here is what I accomplished before 9:00 this morning:
made breakfast for two and cleaned up the kitchen (dh has lunch out today)
got dressed
Milking and chores
ten items from the animal barn in the trash/donate or moved to a new and better location
compost out
dishwasher unloaded, loaded, and started
washing machine started
another bag of recycling in the car
swim bag packed to exercise tonight
carried 4 small items back to the house when I passed the studio barn after compost dumping.
i adjust to my environment quickly when it is crowded and messy, but it takes me much longer to feel comfortable when it is clean and spacious. I feel like I shouldn’t be in the space because I can’t do anything because I will mess it up.
OThat is funny because I am the opposite. Sometimes in the middle of a creative project I have to stop and clean up stuff, or at least I have to clean it up after one stage is complete, because all the clutter and mess distracts me in my creative process. I like a clean environment in which to work.
I am more like IL. I don’t have a kindle but just downloaded it to my phone and read it on that.
Feeling discouraged because I cannot work to my standards (also still tired from being sick and possibly still sick since teaching all day yesterday made my throat a little sore and my voice strained.)
however,
things I accomplished before 9:00
Made coffee
started a fire and refilled the wood box
Milking and chores - including an unpleasant extra task
ten item pick up in animal barn
made dh breakfast and packed his lunch
dishwasher unloaded, loaded, and started
load of laundry started
one can of trash up to road
checked mousetraps (empty)
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