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Winding down for the night. I came down with a case of bronchitis yesterday and ended up in urgent care. Still recovering from it but at least my bed is comfy (if unmade because Spockles won’t move lol)

#UFYH #BlackMetal

Winding down for the night. I came down with a case of bronchitis yesterday and ended up in urgent care. Still recovering from it but at least my bed is comfy (if unmade because Spockles won’t move lol)

#UFYH #BlackMetal

Winding down for the night. I came down with a case of bronchitis yesterday and ended up in urgent care. Still recovering from it but at least my bed is comfy (if unmade because Spockles won’t move lol)

#UFYH #BlackMetal

Winding down for the night. I came down with a case of bronchitis yesterday and ended up in urgent care. Still recovering from it but at least my bed is comfy (if unmade because Spockles won’t move lol)

#UFYH #BlackMetal

Winding down for the night. I came down with a case of bronchitis yesterday and ended up in urgent care. Still recovering from it but at least my bed is comfy (if unmade because Spockles won’t move lol)

#UFYH #BlackMetal

I had high hopes for #UnfuckYourHabitat's Get Rid of It challenge last month - and we started off strong, taking a big load of misc housewares to TROSA at the end of the first week! But then I got sucked into the vortex of a major home-repair project, replacing our gutters - and the unexpected morass of damaged fascia, backers, and soffits that unveiled - and by the time we went on vacation with Mom at the end of the month, I had basically written it off as a mostly-missed opportunity. 😕

On the bright side, I was excited to see that this month's Small Projects challenge looks equally inspiring! I use Todoist to capture everything from picayune chores to major project ambitions, and I always have dozens of little "someday" tasks languishing in there. I chose a few of the most neglected and made a new UfYH label for them, to help me keep track...

And last week I managed to:
- clean, descale, and disinfect our bedroom and travel humidifiers
- put the heated mattress pad on the bed
- fix some busted snaps on a pillowcase that I've been ignoring for months
- clean the battery-barf off a small electronic device that had been taking up space in the laundry room for literally years waiting for me to deal with it, so yay for bonus decluttering! 🎉
- clean a ton of scuffs and dings off our garage-entryway walls with Magic Eraser
- get a jump on end-of-year tax planning, which was *exactly* as annoying as I feared it would be, but led to a potentially *much* better solution for 2024 and beyond
- find and triage a bunch of telescope-related optics to decide what to keep and what to give to NCSSM to go with Dad's Dobsonian 🔭

The first half-dozen of which were relatively simple - yay, free dopamine hits! And the telescope optics project led to some wonderful Mastodon conversations and a lovely dinner with friends. So this week I hope to tackle a couple of more complex projects, and just break them down into subtasks that can count as individual small projects if I squint... 😇
#UfYH

I had high hopes for #UnfuckYourHabitat's Get Rid of It challenge last month - and we started off strong, taking a big load of misc housewares to TROSA at the end of the first week! But then I got sucked into the vortex of a major home-repair project, replacing our gutters - and the unexpected morass of damaged fascia, backers, and soffits that unveiled - and by the time we went on vacation with Mom at the end of the month, I had basically written it off as a mostly-missed opportunity. 😕

On the bright side, I was excited to see that this month's Small Projects challenge looks equally inspiring! I use Todoist to capture everything from picayune chores to major project ambitions, and I always have dozens of little "someday" tasks languishing in there. I chose a few of the most neglected and made a new UfYH label for them, to help me keep track...

And last week I managed to:
- clean, descale, and disinfect our bedroom and travel humidifiers
- put the heated mattress pad on the bed
- fix some busted snaps on a pillowcase that I've been ignoring for months
- clean the battery-barf off a small electronic device that had been taking up space in the laundry room for literally years waiting for me to deal with it, so yay for bonus decluttering! 🎉
- clean a ton of scuffs and dings off our garage-entryway walls with Magic Eraser
- get a jump on end-of-year tax planning, which was *exactly* as annoying as I feared it would be, but led to a potentially *much* better solution for 2024 and beyond
- find and triage a bunch of telescope-related optics to decide what to keep and what to give to NCSSM to go with Dad's Dobsonian 🔭

The first half-dozen of which were relatively simple - yay, free dopamine hits! And the telescope optics project led to some wonderful Mastodon conversations and a lovely dinner with friends. So this week I hope to tackle a couple of more complex projects, and just break them down into subtasks that can count as individual small projects if I squint... 😇
#UfYH

I had high hopes for #UnfuckYourHabitat's Get Rid of It challenge last month - and we started off strong, taking a big load of misc housewares to TROSA at the end of the first week! But then I got sucked into the vortex of a major home-repair project, replacing our gutters - and the unexpected morass of damaged fascia, backers, and soffits that unveiled - and by the time we went on vacation with Mom at the end of the month, I had basically written it off as a mostly-missed opportunity. 😕

On the bright side, I was excited to see that this month's Small Projects challenge looks equally inspiring! I use Todoist to capture everything from picayune chores to major project ambitions, and I always have dozens of little "someday" tasks languishing in there. I chose a few of the most neglected and made a new UfYH label for them, to help me keep track...

And last week I managed to:
- clean, descale, and disinfect our bedroom and travel humidifiers
- put the heated mattress pad on the bed
- fix some busted snaps on a pillowcase that I've been ignoring for months
- clean the battery-barf off a small electronic device that had been taking up space in the laundry room for literally years waiting for me to deal with it, so yay for bonus decluttering! 🎉
- clean a ton of scuffs and dings off our garage-entryway walls with Magic Eraser
- get a jump on end-of-year tax planning, which was *exactly* as annoying as I feared it would be, but led to a potentially *much* better solution for 2024 and beyond
- find and triage a bunch of telescope-related optics to decide what to keep and what to give to NCSSM to go with Dad's Dobsonian 🔭

The first half-dozen of which were relatively simple - yay, free dopamine hits! And the telescope optics project led to some wonderful Mastodon conversations and a lovely dinner with friends. So this week I hope to tackle a couple of more complex projects, and just break them down into subtasks that can count as individual small projects if I squint... 😇
#UfYH

I had high hopes for #UnfuckYourHabitat's Get Rid of It challenge last month - and we started off strong, taking a big load of misc housewares to TROSA at the end of the first week! But then I got sucked into the vortex of a major home-repair project, replacing our gutters - and the unexpected morass of damaged fascia, backers, and soffits that unveiled - and by the time we went on vacation with Mom at the end of the month, I had basically written it off as a mostly-missed opportunity. 😕

On the bright side, I was excited to see that this month's Small Projects challenge looks equally inspiring! I use Todoist to capture everything from picayune chores to major project ambitions, and I always have dozens of little "someday" tasks languishing in there. I chose a few of the most neglected and made a new UfYH label for them, to help me keep track...

And last week I managed to:
- clean, descale, and disinfect our bedroom and travel humidifiers
- put the heated mattress pad on the bed
- fix some busted snaps on a pillowcase that I've been ignoring for months
- clean the battery-barf off a small electronic device that had been taking up space in the laundry room for literally years waiting for me to deal with it, so yay for bonus decluttering! 🎉
- clean a ton of scuffs and dings off our garage-entryway walls with Magic Eraser
- get a jump on end-of-year tax planning, which was *exactly* as annoying as I feared it would be, but led to a potentially *much* better solution for 2024 and beyond
- find and triage a bunch of telescope-related optics to decide what to keep and what to give to NCSSM to go with Dad's Dobsonian 🔭

The first half-dozen of which were relatively simple - yay, free dopamine hits! And the telescope optics project led to some wonderful Mastodon conversations and a lovely dinner with friends. So this week I hope to tackle a couple of more complex projects, and just break them down into subtasks that can count as individual small projects if I squint... 😇
#UfYH

I had high hopes for #UnfuckYourHabitat's Get Rid of It challenge last month - and we started off strong, taking a big load of misc housewares to TROSA at the end of the first week! But then I got sucked into the vortex of a major home-repair project, replacing our gutters - and the unexpected morass of damaged fascia, backers, and soffits that unveiled - and by the time we went on vacation with Mom at the end of the month, I had basically written it off as a mostly-missed opportunity. 😕

On the bright side, I was excited to see that this month's Small Projects challenge looks equally inspiring! I use Todoist to capture everything from picayune chores to major project ambitions, and I always have dozens of little "someday" tasks languishing in there. I chose a few of the most neglected and made a new UfYH label for them, to help me keep track...

And last week I managed to:
- clean, descale, and disinfect our bedroom and travel humidifiers
- put the heated mattress pad on the bed
- fix some busted snaps on a pillowcase that I've been ignoring for months
- clean the battery-barf off a small electronic device that had been taking up space in the laundry room for literally years waiting for me to deal with it, so yay for bonus decluttering! 🎉
- clean a ton of scuffs and dings off our garage-entryway walls with Magic Eraser
- get a jump on end-of-year tax planning, which was *exactly* as annoying as I feared it would be, but led to a potentially *much* better solution for 2024 and beyond
- find and triage a bunch of telescope-related optics to decide what to keep and what to give to NCSSM to go with Dad's Dobsonian 🔭

The first half-dozen of which were relatively simple - yay, free dopamine hits! And the telescope optics project led to some wonderful Mastodon conversations and a lovely dinner with friends. So this week I hope to tackle a couple of more complex projects, and just break them down into subtasks that can count as individual small projects if I squint... 😇
#UfYH

I took a break from #UnfuckYourHabitat in August - technically I guess it was a bye, because the challenge was Sink Zero and we've fortunately never had any real difficulty with that.

But I am *definitely* the target audience for the September Get Rid of It challenge! Week 1 is "get rid of N items a day", and I've decided that identifying and packaging up N items a day counts as long as I get them dropped off at the local thrift shop by the end of the week. 😇 And @mbroome is going to play, too!

Currently N is 3, because that seems eminently manageable, but I hope to exceed that as I start excavating the to-donate pile in the basement… 😁

#UfYH #GetRidOfItChallenge

I took a break from #UnfuckYourHabitat in August - technically I guess it was a bye, because the challenge was Sink Zero and we've fortunately never had any real difficulty with that.

But I am *definitely* the target audience for the September Get Rid of It challenge! Week 1 is "get rid of N items a day", and I've decided that identifying and packaging up N items a day counts as long as I get them dropped off at the local thrift shop by the end of the week. 😇 And @mbroome is going to play, too!

Currently N is 3, because that seems eminently manageable, but I hope to exceed that as I start excavating the to-donate pile in the basement… 😁

#UfYH #GetRidOfItChallenge

I took a break from #UnfuckYourHabitat in August - technically I guess it was a bye, because the challenge was Sink Zero and we've fortunately never had any real difficulty with that.

But I am *definitely* the target audience for the September Get Rid of It challenge! Week 1 is "get rid of N items a day", and I've decided that identifying and packaging up N items a day counts as long as I get them dropped off at the local thrift shop by the end of the week. 😇 And @mbroome is going to play, too!

Currently N is 3, because that seems eminently manageable, but I hope to exceed that as I start excavating the to-donate pile in the basement… 😁

#UfYH #GetRidOfItChallenge

I took a break from #UnfuckYourHabitat in August - technically I guess it was a bye, because the challenge was Sink Zero and we've fortunately never had any real difficulty with that.

But I am *definitely* the target audience for the September Get Rid of It challenge! Week 1 is "get rid of N items a day", and I've decided that identifying and packaging up N items a day counts as long as I get them dropped off at the local thrift shop by the end of the week. 😇 And @mbroome is going to play, too!

Currently N is 3, because that seems eminently manageable, but I hope to exceed that as I start excavating the to-donate pile in the basement… 😁

#UfYH #GetRidOfItChallenge

I took a break from #UnfuckYourHabitat in August - technically I guess it was a bye, because the challenge was Sink Zero and we've fortunately never had any real difficulty with that.

But I am *definitely* the target audience for the September Get Rid of It challenge! Week 1 is "get rid of N items a day", and I've decided that identifying and packaging up N items a day counts as long as I get them dropped off at the local thrift shop by the end of the week. 😇 And @mbroome is going to play, too!

Currently N is 3, because that seems eminently manageable, but I hope to exceed that as I start excavating the to-donate pile in the basement… 😁

#UfYH #GetRidOfItChallenge

I've had a bit of an off week - lots of feels around giving away Dad's telescope, and we also (unrelatedly) donated a bunch of furniture to Habitat Restore, so the house just feels a little weird to me right now...

So I picked an easy project for the #UfYH #InvisibleCornersChallenge! 😇 https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-challenge-83958895

The stairs down to our basement are where we stash stuff when we need to pick up in a hurry, and a few of those bits have been there for *years* (as we've walked past them every day). I cleared a step every day this past week, and I think for the coming week I'll tackle the rest of the landing, around the corner.

I've had a bit of an off week - lots of feels around giving away Dad's telescope, and we also (unrelatedly) donated a bunch of furniture to Habitat Restore, so the house just feels a little weird to me right now...

So I picked an easy project for the #UfYH #InvisibleCornersChallenge! 😇 https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-challenge-83958895

The stairs down to our basement are where we stash stuff when we need to pick up in a hurry, and a few of those bits have been there for *years* (as we've walked past them every day). I cleared a step every day this past week, and I think for the coming week I'll tackle the rest of the landing, around the corner.

I've had a bit of an off week - lots of feels around giving away Dad's telescope, and we also (unrelatedly) donated a bunch of furniture to Habitat Restore, so the house just feels a little weird to me right now...

So I picked an easy project for the #UfYH #InvisibleCornersChallenge! 😇 https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-challenge-83958895

The stairs down to our basement are where we stash stuff when we need to pick up in a hurry, and a few of those bits have been there for *years* (as we've walked past them every day). I cleared a step every day this past week, and I think for the coming week I'll tackle the rest of the landing, around the corner.

I've had a bit of an off week - lots of feels around giving away Dad's telescope, and we also (unrelatedly) donated a bunch of furniture to Habitat Restore, so the house just feels a little weird to me right now...

So I picked an easy project for the #UfYH #InvisibleCornersChallenge! 😇 https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-challenge-83958895

The stairs down to our basement are where we stash stuff when we need to pick up in a hurry, and a few of those bits have been there for *years* (as we've walked past them every day). I cleared a step every day this past week, and I think for the coming week I'll tackle the rest of the landing, around the corner.

I've had a bit of an off week - lots of feels around giving away Dad's telescope, and we also (unrelatedly) donated a bunch of furniture to Habitat Restore, so the house just feels a little weird to me right now...

So I picked an easy project for the #UfYH #InvisibleCornersChallenge! 😇 https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-challenge-83958895

The stairs down to our basement are where we stash stuff when we need to pick up in a hurry, and a few of those bits have been there for *years* (as we've walked past them every day). I cleared a step every day this past week, and I think for the coming week I'll tackle the rest of the landing, around the corner.

Finished my #Lego #WomenOfNASA set today! (I've been working on it a few minutes each day, as a reward for getting my daily #UfYH challenge done.)

I am ridiculously happy about this. 🥰 Found it a place of honor at the wall side of my project desk, so it can inspire me…

Finished my #Lego #WomenOfNASA set today! (I've been working on it a few minutes each day, as a reward for getting my daily #UfYH challenge done.)

I am ridiculously happy about this. 🥰 Found it a place of honor at the wall side of my project desk, so it can inspire me…

Finished my #Lego #WomenOfNASA set today! (I've been working on it a few minutes each day, as a reward for getting my daily #UfYH challenge done.)

I am ridiculously happy about this. 🥰 Found it a place of honor at the wall side of my project desk, so it can inspire me…

Finished my #Lego #WomenOfNASA set today! (I've been working on it a few minutes each day, as a reward for getting my daily #UfYH challenge done.)

I am ridiculously happy about this. 🥰 Found it a place of honor at the wall side of my project desk, so it can inspire me…

Finished my #Lego #WomenOfNASA set today! (I've been working on it a few minutes each day, as a reward for getting my daily #UfYH challenge done.)

I am ridiculously happy about this. 🥰 Found it a place of honor at the wall side of my project desk, so it can inspire me…

Wrapping up my month of the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge…

The week 4 prompt was to revisit our previous surfaces and reset them back to clear if they'd accumulated new clutter. Fortunately I didn't have much to do there, so to reward myself for good behavior, I decided to tackle the last section of my office floor. 🙄

This one was possibly the most functionally annoying, since it kept me from sitting at my project desk (which I cleaned off in week 2 😁). I decided I didn't have to empty and organize the two most intimidating boxes - that's part of the next phase, triage - so it wasn't even terribly difficult... Honestly a bit anticlimactic after everything else I've done this month. Not complaining!

Wrapping up my month of the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge…

The week 4 prompt was to revisit our previous surfaces and reset them back to clear if they'd accumulated new clutter. Fortunately I didn't have much to do there, so to reward myself for good behavior, I decided to tackle the last section of my office floor. 🙄

This one was possibly the most functionally annoying, since it kept me from sitting at my project desk (which I cleaned off in week 2 😁). I decided I didn't have to empty and organize the two most intimidating boxes - that's part of the next phase, triage - so it wasn't even terribly difficult... Honestly a bit anticlimactic after everything else I've done this month. Not complaining!

Wrapping up my month of the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge…

The week 4 prompt was to revisit our previous surfaces and reset them back to clear if they'd accumulated new clutter. Fortunately I didn't have much to do there, so to reward myself for good behavior, I decided to tackle the last section of my office floor. 🙄

This one was possibly the most functionally annoying, since it kept me from sitting at my project desk (which I cleaned off in week 2 😁). I decided I didn't have to empty and organize the two most intimidating boxes - that's part of the next phase, triage - so it wasn't even terribly difficult... Honestly a bit anticlimactic after everything else I've done this month. Not complaining!

Wrapping up my month of the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge…

The week 4 prompt was to revisit our previous surfaces and reset them back to clear if they'd accumulated new clutter. Fortunately I didn't have much to do there, so to reward myself for good behavior, I decided to tackle the last section of my office floor. 🙄

This one was possibly the most functionally annoying, since it kept me from sitting at my project desk (which I cleaned off in week 2 😁). I decided I didn't have to empty and organize the two most intimidating boxes - that's part of the next phase, triage - so it wasn't even terribly difficult... Honestly a bit anticlimactic after everything else I've done this month. Not complaining!

Wrapping up my month of the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge…

The week 4 prompt was to revisit our previous surfaces and reset them back to clear if they'd accumulated new clutter. Fortunately I didn't have much to do there, so to reward myself for good behavior, I decided to tackle the last section of my office floor. 🙄

This one was possibly the most functionally annoying, since it kept me from sitting at my project desk (which I cleaned off in week 2 😁). I decided I didn't have to empty and organize the two most intimidating boxes - that's part of the next phase, triage - so it wasn't even terribly difficult... Honestly a bit anticlimactic after everything else I've done this month. Not complaining!

Yesterday was a lovely day of hanging out with friends, first at the #TriangleTootParty gathering and then a wonderful dinner at Chez @honusharp with good friends. So I feel just fine about not making any #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge progress yesterday... 😇

And I finished the week strong today - got everything up off that stretch of floor except that bin & basket of holding. Yay! 🎉 My plan for them is to use them to jumpstart the next phase of Unfucking My Office: take one bin, box, bag, or basket at a time and continue the keep / donate / recycle / discard triage that I started with that bin earlier this week.

I've realized that my office is messy because it isn't organized - it's hard to put things in their place when they don't have a place *to* be put! And with two decades of accumulated stuff in here, it'll be impossible to organize if I don't pare it down first. So... more baby steps. (Don't worry, I don't plan to livetoot that part - but these toots have been a really good accountability mechanism for getting me to the point where I'm *ready* to face that demon.)

Yesterday was a lovely day of hanging out with friends, first at the #TriangleTootParty gathering and then a wonderful dinner at Chez @honusharp with good friends. So I feel just fine about not making any #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge progress yesterday... 😇

And I finished the week strong today - got everything up off that stretch of floor except that bin & basket of holding. Yay! 🎉 My plan for them is to use them to jumpstart the next phase of Unfucking My Office: take one bin, box, bag, or basket at a time and continue the keep / donate / recycle / discard triage that I started with that bin earlier this week.

I've realized that my office is messy because it isn't organized - it's hard to put things in their place when they don't have a place *to* be put! And with two decades of accumulated stuff in here, it'll be impossible to organize if I don't pare it down first. So... more baby steps. (Don't worry, I don't plan to livetoot that part - but these toots have been a really good accountability mechanism for getting me to the point where I'm *ready* to face that demon.)

Yesterday was a lovely day of hanging out with friends, first at the #TriangleTootParty gathering and then a wonderful dinner at Chez @honusharp with good friends. So I feel just fine about not making any #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge progress yesterday... 😇

And I finished the week strong today - got everything up off that stretch of floor except that bin & basket of holding. Yay! 🎉 My plan for them is to use them to jumpstart the next phase of Unfucking My Office: take one bin, box, bag, or basket at a time and continue the keep / donate / recycle / discard triage that I started with that bin earlier this week.

I've realized that my office is messy because it isn't organized - it's hard to put things in their place when they don't have a place *to* be put! And with two decades of accumulated stuff in here, it'll be impossible to organize if I don't pare it down first. So... more baby steps. (Don't worry, I don't plan to livetoot that part - but these toots have been a really good accountability mechanism for getting me to the point where I'm *ready* to face that demon.)

Yesterday was a lovely day of hanging out with friends, first at the #TriangleTootParty gathering and then a wonderful dinner at Chez @honusharp with good friends. So I feel just fine about not making any #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge progress yesterday... 😇

And I finished the week strong today - got everything up off that stretch of floor except that bin & basket of holding. Yay! 🎉 My plan for them is to use them to jumpstart the next phase of Unfucking My Office: take one bin, box, bag, or basket at a time and continue the keep / donate / recycle / discard triage that I started with that bin earlier this week.

I've realized that my office is messy because it isn't organized - it's hard to put things in their place when they don't have a place *to* be put! And with two decades of accumulated stuff in here, it'll be impossible to organize if I don't pare it down first. So... more baby steps. (Don't worry, I don't plan to livetoot that part - but these toots have been a really good accountability mechanism for getting me to the point where I'm *ready* to face that demon.)

Yesterday was a lovely day of hanging out with friends, first at the #TriangleTootParty gathering and then a wonderful dinner at Chez @honusharp with good friends. So I feel just fine about not making any #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge progress yesterday... 😇

And I finished the week strong today - got everything up off that stretch of floor except that bin & basket of holding. Yay! 🎉 My plan for them is to use them to jumpstart the next phase of Unfucking My Office: take one bin, box, bag, or basket at a time and continue the keep / donate / recycle / discard triage that I started with that bin earlier this week.

I've realized that my office is messy because it isn't organized - it's hard to put things in their place when they don't have a place *to* be put! And with two decades of accumulated stuff in here, it'll be impossible to organize if I don't pare it down first. So... more baby steps. (Don't worry, I don't plan to livetoot that part - but these toots have been a really good accountability mechanism for getting me to the point where I'm *ready* to face that demon.)

So I finally bit the bullet and started emptying the Bin of Holding in my #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge space tonight! I did a quick triage of keep / donate / recycle / discard, and then managed to find temporary homes for the stuff I'm keeping, designated a bag for donations, and put the recycle and discard in their designated receptacles. Why is this so hard? 🙄

Feels like not much visible change, but I just have to keep telling myself that it's relentless forward progress, as Mike's running crowd says...

So I finally bit the bullet and started emptying the Bin of Holding in my #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge space tonight! I did a quick triage of keep / donate / recycle / discard, and then managed to find temporary homes for the stuff I'm keeping, designated a bag for donations, and put the recycle and discard in their designated receptacles. Why is this so hard? 🙄

Feels like not much visible change, but I just have to keep telling myself that it's relentless forward progress, as Mike's running crowd says...

So I finally bit the bullet and started emptying the Bin of Holding in my #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge space tonight! I did a quick triage of keep / donate / recycle / discard, and then managed to find temporary homes for the stuff I'm keeping, designated a bag for donations, and put the recycle and discard in their designated receptacles. Why is this so hard? 🙄

Feels like not much visible change, but I just have to keep telling myself that it's relentless forward progress, as Mike's running crowd says...

So I finally bit the bullet and started emptying the Bin of Holding in my #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge space tonight! I did a quick triage of keep / donate / recycle / discard, and then managed to find temporary homes for the stuff I'm keeping, designated a bag for donations, and put the recycle and discard in their designated receptacles. Why is this so hard? 🙄

Feels like not much visible change, but I just have to keep telling myself that it's relentless forward progress, as Mike's running crowd says...

So I finally bit the bullet and started emptying the Bin of Holding in my #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge space tonight! I did a quick triage of keep / donate / recycle / discard, and then managed to find temporary homes for the stuff I'm keeping, designated a bag for donations, and put the recycle and discard in their designated receptacles. Why is this so hard? 🙄

Feels like not much visible change, but I just have to keep telling myself that it's relentless forward progress, as Mike's running crowd says...

I didn't work on the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge yesterday - spent the evening happily catching up with a friend, and it was a *much* better use of that time. 😁

Today looks like less progress than it actually is, because I actually took the time to excavate a shelf, discard obsolete things, and make room to actually *put away* some of the floor stuff...

(Whyyyyy do I still have the original box and international plug adapters for a PalmOne docking station? 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I didn't work on the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge yesterday - spent the evening happily catching up with a friend, and it was a *much* better use of that time. 😁

Today looks like less progress than it actually is, because I actually took the time to excavate a shelf, discard obsolete things, and make room to actually *put away* some of the floor stuff...

(Whyyyyy do I still have the original box and international plug adapters for a PalmOne docking station? 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I didn't work on the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge yesterday - spent the evening happily catching up with a friend, and it was a *much* better use of that time. 😁

Today looks like less progress than it actually is, because I actually took the time to excavate a shelf, discard obsolete things, and make room to actually *put away* some of the floor stuff...

(Whyyyyy do I still have the original box and international plug adapters for a PalmOne docking station? 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I didn't work on the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge yesterday - spent the evening happily catching up with a friend, and it was a *much* better use of that time. 😁

Today looks like less progress than it actually is, because I actually took the time to excavate a shelf, discard obsolete things, and make room to actually *put away* some of the floor stuff...

(Whyyyyy do I still have the original box and international plug adapters for a PalmOne docking station? 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I didn't work on the #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge yesterday - spent the evening happily catching up with a friend, and it was a *much* better use of that time. 😁

Today looks like less progress than it actually is, because I actually took the time to excavate a shelf, discard obsolete things, and make room to actually *put away* some of the floor stuff...

(Whyyyyy do I still have the original box and international plug adapters for a PalmOne docking station? 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I've decided to tackle this week's #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge by giving myself permission to shoehorn anything isn't immediately definable as discard or donate into my existing storage space, rather than trying to do a deeper triage it as I go. (Mostly because I made an abortive attempt at triaging it, ended up staring at the pile in despair, and pulled the eject handle.) Which meant I made considerable progress tonight!

(Future-me is going to have *so many* of bins of stuff to deal with - now with a slightly more efficient compression algorithm! I need to figure out a plan for it that doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey… or a flamethrower.)

I've decided to tackle this week's #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge by giving myself permission to shoehorn anything isn't immediately definable as discard or donate into my existing storage space, rather than trying to do a deeper triage it as I go. (Mostly because I made an abortive attempt at triaging it, ended up staring at the pile in despair, and pulled the eject handle.) Which meant I made considerable progress tonight!

(Future-me is going to have *so many* of bins of stuff to deal with - now with a slightly more efficient compression algorithm! I need to figure out a plan for it that doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey… or a flamethrower.)

I've decided to tackle this week's #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge by giving myself permission to shoehorn anything isn't immediately definable as discard or donate into my existing storage space, rather than trying to do a deeper triage it as I go. (Mostly because I made an abortive attempt at triaging it, ended up staring at the pile in despair, and pulled the eject handle.) Which meant I made considerable progress tonight!

(Future-me is going to have *so many* of bins of stuff to deal with - now with a slightly more efficient compression algorithm! I need to figure out a plan for it that doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey… or a flamethrower.)

I've decided to tackle this week's #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge by giving myself permission to shoehorn anything isn't immediately definable as discard or donate into my existing storage space, rather than trying to do a deeper triage it as I go. (Mostly because I made an abortive attempt at triaging it, ended up staring at the pile in despair, and pulled the eject handle.) Which meant I made considerable progress tonight!

(Future-me is going to have *so many* of bins of stuff to deal with - now with a slightly more efficient compression algorithm! I need to figure out a plan for it that doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey… or a flamethrower.)

I've decided to tackle this week's #UfYH #FlatSurfaceChallenge by giving myself permission to shoehorn anything isn't immediately definable as discard or donate into my existing storage space, rather than trying to do a deeper triage it as I go. (Mostly because I made an abortive attempt at triaging it, ended up staring at the pile in despair, and pulled the eject handle.) Which meant I made considerable progress tonight!

(Future-me is going to have *so many* of bins of stuff to deal with - now with a slightly more efficient compression algorithm! I need to figure out a plan for it that doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey… or a flamethrower.)