I get overwhelmed very easily. Clutter, mess, stacks of paper, dishes... you name it and my apartment's got it right now. (I'd take a picture but its bad enough to be embarrassing.) I began a revamp project to hopefully be finished before August 1st that includes de-cluttering, rearranging and upscaling some of my furniture. I like beginning new things with a new environment. I don't have a lot of room or funds to work with so its been cramped and is quickly becoming overwhelming. I started by selling our large desk to clear space in my "living room". It was a last minute decision but I sold it cheap within 20 minutes of posting it. That cleared up some space to rearrange my table, couch, tv and small desk. While doing this I also began painting a bookshelf for a friend and the top of my desk. Since this started last Saturday I've had stacks of paintings, papers and board games lying around in need of a new home. I'm trying to finish my painting projects so I can free up space, but that means I don't have very much time to keep the kitchen, bathroom, or bedroom clean. I have my work cut out for me today.
Plan of attack: Grocery store & ACE (I'm totally out of soap, sponges, painting supplies, and our toothpaste is on its last couple uses.) --> paint first coat of bookshelf --> clean kitchen --> second coat of polyurethane on desk --> clean bedroom --> sort through stacks.. get rid of useless stuff, find a home for artwork, organize Sean's school stuff --> clean out storage shelf area (and then refill with stuff I actually need to store).. aaand somewhere in there I'll be making dinner for my husband. yay! I'm already tired just thinking about all of this, but I've got to start somewhere so I'm taking it one step at a time and trying to enjoy the process.
IN OTHER NEWS
I'm almost done with my monthly plans and rules to live by. I've already started applying some of my rules (because one of them is "do it now" so it would be counterproductive to wait to "do it now" later.) I'm hoping I'll have them to post by the end of today as I'll have lots of thinking time today! Also I'm taking suggestions for good "work-around-the-house" music or pandora playlists.
"The air is just for you to breathe. Your heart is just for making music. Whatever happens today, you are all-the-way-alive."
-On the Bright Side by jim howard
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