I just came across one more decluttering page that tells me that I can get a grip on my house once and for all and all I have to do is sign up for the course they offer. I can have the basic version for 150+$ or I can get the full version for 260+ $ that will give me life time access and the seller as a personal coach.
Seriously? You want me to sign up with you although all I have is YOU to tell me how awesome it is what you have done? And WHY ON EARTH would I need life long access if what you tell me to do will help me get this done for good in just a few weeks?
I understand that you want to get something out of it if you make hours of videos to share with people. But if all you have is 2 random strangers testifying that you "saved their lives" I just might be a little reluctant to fork over that amount of money.
Maybe I am just not desperate enough yet.
2016-09-30
2016-09-19
OUT OF MY WAY!
Nothing can stop me. I had a full day and packed an additional unplanned 40 min of shopping and 80 min for a doctors visit into it. I am happy to announce that the piece of glass in my foot is (most likely) out. I practiced the piano, there was homemade food (left overs but hey!) for everyone, homework is done, the house looks better than in the morning, I did 2 full hours of maintenance and I did it all without yelling. I did request quiet repeatedly after dinner but hey. 6 kids can make WAY TOO MUCH noise.
It might only be Monday, but I am strong and determined, tomorrow is planned well and it will go smoothly.
Watch me rock this week! Bye bye depression. May our paths never cross again!
It might only be Monday, but I am strong and determined, tomorrow is planned well and it will go smoothly.
Watch me rock this week! Bye bye depression. May our paths never cross again!
2016-09-18
LOST IN DETAIL
For years I wanted to put photo albums together for my kids. This week I decided to start with the little one. He is barely a year old, so easy peasy I figured.
Well guess what. After going through a few of my folders, picking out pictures I was rather annoyed with the fact that most of them seemed to have doubles of everything. So looking through the pictures I found myself looking at every single one twice. I knew that I had doubles often. Being a true hoarder I figured that is not a problem. Well. Guess what. It is. It slows the picture picking progress down immensely. And it's not like I'd delete something that would then be lost for good if I got rid of the doubles. Plus James has back up copies of all these pics. So I started deleting doubles from the folder I was working on, soon enough I figured I better do this in an organized manner and started with my oldest folder. Well. Guess what. 3 hours of deleting pictures later (over a period of 2 days while watching movies and talking to James) I realized that I am not working on the album anymore. I was looking through folders that were older than my baby. Once again I lost focus. Doing something that was a good thing, but not what I set out to do. Something that came to my attention and that was close enough to the intended task that I believed I was working hard on it. Well. I finished that folder and got back to my original task. I am still deleting doubles, but only in the folders I go through with baby pics.
No wonder if projects feel like they take for ever if they turn into different projects all the time.
Well guess what. After going through a few of my folders, picking out pictures I was rather annoyed with the fact that most of them seemed to have doubles of everything. So looking through the pictures I found myself looking at every single one twice. I knew that I had doubles often. Being a true hoarder I figured that is not a problem. Well. Guess what. It is. It slows the picture picking progress down immensely. And it's not like I'd delete something that would then be lost for good if I got rid of the doubles. Plus James has back up copies of all these pics. So I started deleting doubles from the folder I was working on, soon enough I figured I better do this in an organized manner and started with my oldest folder. Well. Guess what. 3 hours of deleting pictures later (over a period of 2 days while watching movies and talking to James) I realized that I am not working on the album anymore. I was looking through folders that were older than my baby. Once again I lost focus. Doing something that was a good thing, but not what I set out to do. Something that came to my attention and that was close enough to the intended task that I believed I was working hard on it. Well. I finished that folder and got back to my original task. I am still deleting doubles, but only in the folders I go through with baby pics.
No wonder if projects feel like they take for ever if they turn into different projects all the time.
2016-09-17
SLEEP, PRECIOUS SLEEP!
I have accomplished more over the last 8 days than I have in the 3 months before. At least that is what it feels like.
- I translated about 25 pages of medical records
- washed at least 15 loads of laundry,
- made cake
- had guests over for dinner
- supervised homework
- had homemade food from scratch 5 out of 8 days
- practiced the piano daily
- was up between 6 and 6:30 am every morning
- made snacks for school
- cleaned up the kitchen daily
To sum it up. I did a good, no an excellent job. What made this possible? Going to bed at 10 pm. As a night owl that is not ideal, but I learned that even night owls can function at 6 am and even more, enjoy being alive at 6 am if they go to bed on time. So 10 am it is. Even if that means that I feel I have no evening to relax.
2016-09-16
NIGHT OWL
Editors note: This post is 2 months old. I want to post it anyway. WHY?
I have always been a night owl. Even as a kid. I remember liking nothing better than playing outside until it was dark in the summer and sleeping in in the morning. Sometimes sleeping long enough to miss the morning cartoons. Yes. Huge problem. Back then, where I lived, they showed cartoons during school break at 9 am for 30 min. Then no more kid shows until 5 pm. And they were over at 6 pm. And as I was out to play, I often missed them.
These days I don't have to worry about missing cartoons as they are on whenever I want them to be. Plus I don't watch them anymore to be honest. I am still a night owl though.
I don't know what it is, but once again, with James gone it feels like I can't get anything done all day and by 10 pm when I am tired and drained I feel the strong urge to get going. And all of a sudden I can. I am not sure if it is anything like my "end of year syndrome" when I feel the need to clean the whole house around the 30th of December, or if it is guilt of not having used my time during the day. Maybe it is just another stalling tactic. So I won't have to go to bed and I won't have to face another morning. Be it what it is, I am too tired to care at the moment I must admit that getting in 1 hour of work around midnight is better than nothing....
- Because I am a hoarder and don't want it to go to waste
- Because at least for me there is quite a contrast to this mood and how I am feeling now
- I have a post coming up about sleep schedules for night owls
Here we go. The post is all yours!
I have always been a night owl. Even as a kid. I remember liking nothing better than playing outside until it was dark in the summer and sleeping in in the morning. Sometimes sleeping long enough to miss the morning cartoons. Yes. Huge problem. Back then, where I lived, they showed cartoons during school break at 9 am for 30 min. Then no more kid shows until 5 pm. And they were over at 6 pm. And as I was out to play, I often missed them.
These days I don't have to worry about missing cartoons as they are on whenever I want them to be. Plus I don't watch them anymore to be honest. I am still a night owl though.
I don't know what it is, but once again, with James gone it feels like I can't get anything done all day and by 10 pm when I am tired and drained I feel the strong urge to get going. And all of a sudden I can. I am not sure if it is anything like my "end of year syndrome" when I feel the need to clean the whole house around the 30th of December, or if it is guilt of not having used my time during the day. Maybe it is just another stalling tactic. So I won't have to go to bed and I won't have to face another morning. Be it what it is, I am too tired to care at the moment I must admit that getting in 1 hour of work around midnight is better than nothing....
2016-09-15
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Have I mentioned that we want to turn our attic into living space? Can you image just how huge of a project this feels like? We have taken initial steps. We are far from actually getting started on the whole thing. One thing is certain. The attic will have to be cleared. As my whole hoard is tucked away up there this is a major challenge. We are aware that somethings will be kept. But where to put them? Well. The basement of course. AS there is no room in the basement as ridiculous as it sounds to clear the attic we have to clear out the basement first.
Kudos to James for tackling the storage room down there. He was so swift I never got around to taking BEFORE pictures. HE put everything that he thought I needed to sort in the guest bedroom and everythign that can be tossed on the basement stairs. Most of it were just boxes of all sizes from appliances, diapers or shipment. So here we have all these boxes.
James:"I put them there so we can decide if any of them are of a useful size."
Me:"Na, we'll just throw them all out."
James:"Some of these little ones are really nice. I thought we could use them as gift boxes."
Me:"You are right. These are very nice."
YES! THEY WERE! Where would I put them? They could go with the wrapping paper!
Me:"When this house is cleared out and completely organized, we can consider keeping boxes like these. At the moment, they have to go!"
*takes box apart and throws it in the trash*
Who's the hoarder now?
Kudos to James for tackling the storage room down there. He was so swift I never got around to taking BEFORE pictures. HE put everything that he thought I needed to sort in the guest bedroom and everythign that can be tossed on the basement stairs. Most of it were just boxes of all sizes from appliances, diapers or shipment. So here we have all these boxes.
James:"I put them there so we can decide if any of them are of a useful size."
Me:"Na, we'll just throw them all out."
James:"Some of these little ones are really nice. I thought we could use them as gift boxes."
Me:"You are right. These are very nice."
YES! THEY WERE! Where would I put them? They could go with the wrapping paper!
Me:"When this house is cleared out and completely organized, we can consider keeping boxes like these. At the moment, they have to go!"
*takes box apart and throws it in the trash*
Who's the hoarder now?
2016-09-14
SUPERGIRL CRIED
Supergirl had enough. Supergirl spent an hour searching for the stupid skirts to the ballet outfits. Unfortunately Supergirl found them 2 min before the time was up, or Supergirl could have stayed home. Supergirl cried in the car on the way to ballet class. Supergirl has been rotating for 5 day and Supergirl knew she would be rotating for at least 4 more days.
Supergirl felt better after crying....
Supergirl felt better after crying....
2016-09-13
THE LAST 5 WEEKS.
Once again I proofed that if you put a little pressure on me I can be quite efficient. But don't make it too much or I don't even get started.I guess at the moment it is the right amount. I got so much done. I have done 2 hours of household chores 3 work days in a row. I translated as if they paid me for it, oh wait, they do. I cooked as if there was no tomorrow and now I have to make sure it all gets eaten before it goes bad! I even practiced the piano. I threw out 18 things today, have more but ran out of time, and I made a plan for the attic. I praise myself for the things I get done and so far managed to not despair over the things yet to do. I really hope I can keep this up!
2016-09-09
PROPHETIC WORDS
What were my last words in my last post? Still taking bets on who will get sick? Well. To make the list shorter, Alex and Luke did not get sick. The rest had a 2-5 day encounter with a nasty stomach bug, and with Luke it is questionable whether he didn't get it or if he just had a very mild form.
The last 4 weeks saw me traveling, tending to a sick family, I started it all and was out for 5 days, everybody else was smart enough to wait for me to get better to clean up after them, I have also been swamped with work. Over the last month I received as many documents to be translated as over the first half year of 2016. And don't forget the new school year. Yes. I did survive the first day of school.
I am feeling rather good about it all at the moment. I feel unstoppable, even if the place is in complete chaos. I feel like I simply need to get started to succeed.
I started to throw out clothes. Soon the change of seasons will make it necessary to switch to warmer clothes and Ihave every intention of minimizing everyone's wardrobe!
The last 4 weeks saw me traveling, tending to a sick family, I started it all and was out for 5 days, everybody else was smart enough to wait for me to get better to clean up after them, I have also been swamped with work. Over the last month I received as many documents to be translated as over the first half year of 2016. And don't forget the new school year. Yes. I did survive the first day of school.
I am feeling rather good about it all at the moment. I feel unstoppable, even if the place is in complete chaos. I feel like I simply need to get started to succeed.
I started to throw out clothes. Soon the change of seasons will make it necessary to switch to warmer clothes and Ihave every intention of minimizing everyone's wardrobe!
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