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Did some decluttering / unfuckening today, and forcing myself to stop now, otherwise I'll not have enough energy / spoons to do more tomorrow and I desperately need to start doing this daily because entropy is definately winning and it's .. it's not good.
(nor sustainable 😟 )
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Okay, so I know this on a *practical level* but it still ~hurts my soul~ dammit !
When it comes to decluttering / unfucking your space, then a little and often really does make a difference.
Erratic and Big Pushes take more time & emotional energy. It sucks, is unsustainable and doesn't actually help. 😮💨😒😑
Eventually, hopefully, I can crawl out from under my own mountains of stuff - which is mostly paper related 🗄️🗒️🖇️
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#Declutter #Decluttering #UnfuckYourSpace #UnfuckYourHabitat
So, I've been trying for a number of years and keep hearing that 'the more you declutter the easier it gets' and this has never been my experience.
Every time it's slow, painful, emotionally draining and HARD.
What am I doing wrong ?
DO NOT recommend the Kondo method to me.
Yes I am explicitly asking for concrete advice.
No jokes and / or sarcasm. Thanks.
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Weird things happen when I declutter.
This is King Melon.
They wish to state - 'Hail fair citizen'.
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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… 😁
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okay, I overslept and I'm like 40 minutes late for work. I haven't eaten anything yet.
today's chores:
- clear a path to the furnace closet
- scoop litter boxes
- sweep/mop kitchen
- take out trash
- fold and put away clean laundry
- vacuum
- dishesthere's probably more, but let's start there, I guess ... and I should definitely eat something before I work on all that
AND I'm nearly done with my first #100DaysOfWardrobe project! expect a photo later today!
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After two trips to Home Depot and a lot of swearing, we’ve un-fucked the kitchen. New sink, faucet, and supply lines. Got rid of all the nasty silicone. No leaks. Yeah. #diy #unfuckyourhabitat
Thanks @cryptograbear