weekend check-in

[rmc28]

Welcome to a weekend check-in. I have some tedious paperwork to complete, and I said jokingly to my sibling on the phone "I will probably end up tidying half the house rather than do this paperwork". Only it turns out I need a specific document, and I have lost it ~somewhere~ in this house, and that's not actually a joke any more.

I'll ramble a little in the comments like I usually do, but please check in with your challenges and successes and surprises, and let's cheer each other on a bit.

Comments

[finch]

I really, truly need to get a few boxes of stuff OUT of the house to make room for other things. The logistics have been just annoying enough that I keep failing to do it, but it's really starting to drive me up the wall so I need to do SOMETHING to problem solve it, even if it's not actually getting the things out tonight.

[rmc28]

Earlier today I did tidy / declutter some shelves the hard way, where I took everything off and sorted through it and put it back more tidily, and this ends up with me sitting in a chair staring into space surrounded by piles of things because I'm completely exhausted, and luckily I did manage to pull myself together after a bit and get the rubbish and the recycling to their respective bins, and everything back on a shelf. It is an improvement! It was an obvious place to start sorting through as I might well have left the Important Document somewhere in there. But it was way too tiring and there's a lot more house it could be in.

My goal for tomorrow and Saturday is to do multiple rounds of Dana K White's 5-step method, which is much less overwhelming. Or at least I'll do the first 2-3 steps (rubbish, lives elsewhere, giveaway). Often those steps remove enough Stuff from a space that tidying what's left is a lot easier. But basically I have to do bursts of this everywhere around the house I may have left the Important Document, because I can't finish my paperwork until I find it.

[the_broken_tower]

I got tired of seeing the Boxes Of Unorganized Stuff in the corner, and took apart the one that had the least in it.

- Ryou (he/him)

[msilverstar]

I had an earbud case that wasn't charging properly, and I knew I had another of the same brand in the Box By The Chair, so I got rid of some stuff from there, put some in the Cable And Power Adapter Drawer, and tidied the rest. Not only did I find a working earbud case, I found some wired earbuds and the little strap for my phone! Score!

[trudy]

Really need to build a bookshelf, but god, I really hate building anything. Gonna try to motivate myself on the coolest day this weekend (it's not hot, but I'm one of those people that sweats basically immediately upon moving at even "normal" temperatures).

Also really want to get back into re-bagging my animation cels, so going to attempt to do a few and also scan a few. We'll see where we get!

[fred_mouse]

I have picked up, read a chapter, and abandoned a book, which is now in the 'to leave the house' box. Need to find more things to go in said box, so it can leave the house next week.

[illariy]

So, my uncluttering task for the weekend was supposed to be: continuing work on a crafting project that I have been putting off for months now. This is especially bad as the unfinished project sits in the middle of my free floor space and attracts more clutter in that space. Very recently I have thought of the temporary solution of simply moving the box to the side of the room but I fear if I do that, I may never finish the project and that would be bad. It's a penpalling project and I am supposed to send the results to other people but no set deadline. I think you can see the problem...

Anyway, so far I have not been able to make any progress and I have more pressing penpal letters to write. If I get 15 mins done on the crafting project today, it would be a major victory. I think I need to get into a routine of crafting while watching Youtube but I can't do that lying down, which is the major issue at this point, hehe. I am okay with making no progress on it this Sunday but next week, I have only one shift at work and need to do at least 15 min on the crafting project, no matter what, hot damn!