I think it is fantastic how you eating that elephant, even when it's difficult and wrenching. I'm hoping the cleared space helps you continue as you can.
I think it is fantastic how you eating that elephant, even when it's difficult and wrenching. I'm hoping the cleared space helps you continue as you can.
Thank you, I think I am probably done cleaning out for the day - except carrying the trash cans and recycling to the curb. I went back down to the basement and I couldn't see any areas that seemed like I could get rid of anything. But I've been there before. Many times. I've learned to shift focus and come back to it.
teacher terry, I'm sorry if the posts are sad. Sometimes I get discouraged, but usually when I post about how hard it is to do this stuff, it's more because I want encouragement than sympathy. I mean, I am doing it. But, given the nature of this board, I want people to understand it's not like the kid who push mows your lawn said "this morning I walked up the stairs." (Yeah, good for you?) it's like your 70 y.o. Uncle who had both knees replaced told you "this morning I walked up the stairs."
the outside work is getting done, but there's a lot more inside work behind it.
Oh I have empathy for you not sympathy. I just can tell how hard you are struggling. But we all have struggles with different things and the support on this forum is great. I just keep hoping that these types of things get easier for you. But you have a great family, etc so lots to celebrate too.
CL, I just wish I could take a small bit of my own psyche and insert it into yours so that you could experience the rush of joy when a shelf is cleaned off, when a drawer is emptied, when space is made on walls.
It is a high!
Any more I get cranky when peole foist stuff off on me, but
I dont worry about the stuff I myself pull in because I know items I choose can easily be jettisoned.I actually look forward to the process! Yesterday when I put away a batch of ribbons for possible future use, I found a group of files from my job. Now I am looking forward to winter when we have a fire in the fireplace so I can burn them.
and in a year, if I havent used those ribbons,
i will toss them.
For me is is more like relief. Like when you get out in the country, like way out there, and there are no cars around, no chatter of the city, it is both quiet and full of a natural sound.Originally Posted by iris lilies
Oh, I enjoy it when I get a space cleaned out, but my reaction us more "now I can set this up the way I want it." I'm not a huge fan of empty space. My guest room feels really cold to me right now because I'm not hanging any pictures until I gave everything else done and am sure about where the furniture goes.
i really liked getting the boxes off my table because now I gave space to work, but my first response to the empty box was "now, what can I put in here so that something else works better."
my my kitchen is looking really good these days. I'm sure UL would call it crowded and cluttered, but I could go in there right now and bake bread and serve it to 6 people with tea and jam and all I would have to do first is move my notebook and grab two more chairs. There were months when it took ten minutes before we could sit down to eat takeout off the wrappers.
Do you ever feel visually overwhelmed?
It sounds like you are making good progress. I used to think empty space felt sterile but have since changed my mind. Although, I would not want to live somewhere with no pics, etc.
I feel visually overwhelmed every time I go into a mall or big box store. My eyes actually glaze over and I zone out if I'm not careful. I try to avoid going to those places alone.
Today I was exhausted.
I think this is a function of getting less than 7 hours of sleep on week nights - because of farm chores and dh work schedule, and dealing with the negatives yesterday. It's frustrating to me that stuff like that takes so much out of me.
i didn't find anything to get rid of (yet?) today. I didn't paint any boards.
I did my regular farm chores. I crushed a bag of cans, I called the trash people because they didn't pick up my recycling bin, and then after they picked it up I filled it again with piles that were waiting in different rooms. I put dd1's table runners from the wedding into a box. I talked to my mom on the phone. I moved a file cabinet, and I lay down.
when dh came home, the breakfast dishes were still in the sink, the flowers that are going by were still drooping and smelling like they need their water changed, the goats had gotten loose and were eating the landscaping, and I was asleep.
he is working on the house, but I am avoiding him because I think he's mad at me.
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