Stuff: The Folly of Being Overly Ambitious and the Benefits of Ransacking Your Home
House overhaul project well underway.
I had to basically ransack the place. I have a LOT of crap. This project dovetails into my organizational and productivity projects (ongoing).
Others things I wanted to do this weekend suffered, unfortunately. But I can get some things done at work too (kinda the point of having a J O B). My goal is to keep my work work at work as much as possible.
The overhaul is also an effort to make my home more efficient on multiple levels.
One of the problems is that after the separation I moved from a much larger to a smaller townhouse. The townhouse actually has a lot of excellent storage space. But I kinda of crammed all my stuff from my old place into those spaces and forgot about it, as I dealt with adjusting to new tasks of juggling work and single-parenting.
That I have not used most of this stuff for so long is a testament to the superfluousness of the vast majority of my forgotten crap. But I also found a good deal of useful stuff I have forgotten about. This is an organization issue. Then of course there is the in-between stuff. But I can sort that all out later.
This is just the beginning.
I am hoping to sellmost all of the crap to bring in some extra cash. But I have also been attracted to the idea of a minimalist life...and home. Selling it all will take time and get in the way of my minimalist agenda. But I just can't bring my self to simply get rid of it all in one big, sweeping altruistic gesture. Raising twins is expensive, and any extra income helps. Plus this IS the spring cleaning season, and I see a yard sale in the not to distant future. And eBay...craigslist...yadda yadda,
But also...I'm kinda looking forward to this overhaul project. Very much in-line with a sort of post-divoce metaphorical rebirth.
Breaking the projects down into achievable chucks is key. That can actually be a challenge for me. When I start something, I tend to keep going and going and making the job bigger and bigger and more complex and convoluted. Sort of what happened this weekend. The drive to get it all done is good. But that approach is unfocused and can be counter-productive. And worse--it can lead to procrastination. If something feels too huge, it can feel intimidating--and thus, Netflix becomes all too alluring.
I like being productive. I woke up early today to get started. More in line with the time I wake up during the work week.
I don't feel any less alert. In fact, there is plenty of research pointing out how sleeping in on the weekends makes you more tired. A regularly, consistent sleep cycle is ideal.
The countdown to showing my boys their newly updated big boy room has begun. I feel a bit of the time pressure creeping, but I am looking forward to seeing their excited little faces.
Getting them to calm down to go to bed may be a bit...challenging.
I had to basically ransack the place. I have a LOT of crap. This project dovetails into my organizational and productivity projects (ongoing).
Others things I wanted to do this weekend suffered, unfortunately. But I can get some things done at work too (kinda the point of having a J O B). My goal is to keep my work work at work as much as possible.
The overhaul is also an effort to make my home more efficient on multiple levels.
One of the problems is that after the separation I moved from a much larger to a smaller townhouse. The townhouse actually has a lot of excellent storage space. But I kinda of crammed all my stuff from my old place into those spaces and forgot about it, as I dealt with adjusting to new tasks of juggling work and single-parenting.
That I have not used most of this stuff for so long is a testament to the superfluousness of the vast majority of my forgotten crap. But I also found a good deal of useful stuff I have forgotten about. This is an organization issue. Then of course there is the in-between stuff. But I can sort that all out later.
This is just the beginning.
I am hoping to sell
But also...I'm kinda looking forward to this overhaul project. Very much in-line with a sort of post-divoce metaphorical rebirth.
Breaking the projects down into achievable chucks is key. That can actually be a challenge for me. When I start something, I tend to keep going and going and making the job bigger and bigger and more complex and convoluted. Sort of what happened this weekend. The drive to get it all done is good. But that approach is unfocused and can be counter-productive. And worse--it can lead to procrastination. If something feels too huge, it can feel intimidating--and thus, Netflix becomes all too alluring.
I like being productive. I woke up early today to get started. More in line with the time I wake up during the work week.
I don't feel any less alert. In fact, there is plenty of research pointing out how sleeping in on the weekends makes you more tired. A regularly, consistent sleep cycle is ideal.
The countdown to showing my boys their newly updated big boy room has begun. I feel a bit of the time pressure creeping, but I am looking forward to seeing their excited little faces.
Getting them to calm down to go to bed may be a bit...challenging.
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