Over the last few days, I have been frustrated each time I think I’ll have some time to sit down and blog. I have missed posting the last few days and had a number of things I wanted to share, but it has just not worked out for me to take the time to do it.
I guess this is where I am having trouble accepting the limits I talked about the other day. Especially when it’s something I really want to do!
So, I’m stealing a few minutes to jot down a few updates:
- Although I have decluttered more than 7 things in the past week, I have to admit it was all in one day and I really got off track the rest of the week. So my nightstand shelf is usable again, but that’s about it. Tomorrow is a new day and I’m going to pick up right where I left off.
- On that note, Suzanne at 365 Days of Decluttering has decided to create new monthly challenges this year, and she posted her first one on the 22nd. The basic challenge is to focus on the room you see when you enter your home and find one thing each day to declutter in that room. Visit her to read more about it.
- Our clothes dryer seems to have died. Although it still get hots, the drum no longer turns. It might be worth trying to fix if either of us was handy enough to do it, but we’re not. Since the machine was originally purchased (by the previous owners of our home) in September 1970, I’m afraid that if we pay someone to come and fix it, something else might just go wrong next week. So right now I have Michael’s halfway dry clothes draped over all the available chairs, and we need to decide if we are shopping for a repairman or a new dryer.
- I am meeting with Michael’s psychologist tomorrow morning to discuss a couple of issues we have been having plus ask her advice about what testing to look for in his school re-evaluation, which is due this year.
So that’s what is going on in my world, and now I’m going to watch the rest of Worst Cooks in America and then go to bed. Night all!
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Another reason why I am happy to have “met” you…you are normal, like me.
Don’t I know the frustration of having to accept those limits! You can fight them or accept them because they aren’t what will change; we are. Do we want to change into peaceful and fulfilled despite it all? Or into unsettled and frazzled because of it all?
As for your decluttering challenge, yeah, that’s how it goes sometimes. Staying true to your challenge is the best you can do for yourself. And, if a day is missed, you can’t let it derail your awesome intent. Just pick right back up on the next day and declutter something.
You’re doing very well. Take care of you!
~ Suzanne
365 Days of Decluttering Challenge
Taking Care Of You
I'm right there with you. I got off to a great start decluttering at the beginning of the year, but seem to have stalled. Too much to do, too little time syndrome, I guess.
Have you ever checked out http://www.flylady.com. Its another great site to help take control of the chaos. While I don't do everything, I do listen to the main message, and thats take it in Baby Steps.
You're doing great. Hang in there.
I love FlyLady, although there's no way I could ever do all the stuff she does! The idea of routines is the most helpful to me of her ideas.
Thanks for the encouragement.
Trish
I am here to wish you luck on restarting on the decluttering you have totally inspired me
I think what I'd say to you is exactly what you said to me…all bloggers know that it's hard to find the balance in our own lives much less our blogging lives. Just the other day, as I was rushing to stuff the kids in the kid-mobile, I finally snapped in my mind, took a breath and said I can only do what I can do and everyone is just going to have to deal with it.
) You've been making progress and managing a lot. It's all good!
Thanks! Every day I'm getting a little better at realizing when I'm at my limit and making choices based on that. I was helping everyone with their various projects today and just decided I had to stop and do something for myself before I went batty.
Thanks! Every day I'm getting a little better at realizing when I'm at my limit and making choices based on that. I was helping everyone with their various projects today and just decided I had to stop and do something for myself before I went batty.
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