Well, work has slowed down after being utterly hectic for 2 months.
I didn't really have any time for running/anything fitness or for house stuff or for any sort of social activity during those two months and I could definitely feel the strain, mentally.
I'm back to running, gym, sorting my house and seeing friends now, as well as seeing my wonderful companion.
Part of me was dreading going back to the house stuff, looking through things and deciding what to donate or keep, as I just remember how gosh darn painful it was when I started this whole process.
I've had a little session sorting some things out this afternoon for a hour or so, and I have to say, I'm finding house stuff much easier that I thought it would have been. I'd still like to do more though, much more. I find the whole process very therapeutic and very, very liberating. And I'm enjoying the feeling of moving forward with my life.
Part of what I need to try and work out is, fair enough, if I have a whole weekend free and can get really stuck into something and I can turn it all upside down, decide what's going and tidy the rest back (until the next time). But it's rare that I have so much free time at once. I might have an afternoon, or an evening, or a few hours one morning. And I don't really want to pull something apart, leave it messy for however long, and then go back to it a few days or a week later.
So what can I do that is smaller, bite sized chunks? Maybe just one shelf at a time? One drawer?
I still have to finish the one cupboard that I have in my house. I think I'm about 80-90% there - a first sort at least. I know I could go through things again and donate more things. Now that I understand the process and I'm enjoying it, it's much easier and less exhausting. Anyway, things in that cupboard are tidily put away, so I know what is where and can get my hands on things easily...mostly. I just threw a whole bunch of totally random stuff in on the floor at the end, and the middle bit is super messy because of that.
I also have to finish my wardrobe, two parts of it in particular.
Why all this house chat? I bought a new sofa and it's arriving Wednesday. There's a bunch of random stuff under my old sofa and behind it too. Gah...it feels like a big job.
The sofa was a wedding present. Maybe that's why it feels like a big job. Don't get me wrong, I'm really looking forward to having a new sofa. One that isn't broken like my old one (if ever there was a metaphor...lol!).
