Progress stalled.

[peaceful_sands]

So I've not posted in a while and I'm completely lost as to where I stand on the in and out because circumstances have made it impossible to keep track.

I'm going through a major life change at the moment as I am leaving my place of employment after 12 years - let's just say that while there I accumulated a lot of stuff. I've made the decision to bring all of the things that are mine (as opposed to my employer's) home so lots of books and equipment have been coming this way. Part of me thinks that counting these as ins is slightly deceiving, because I had them anyway, I just stored them elsewhere for all this time.

I'm also having to move quite dramatically, clearing both my workspace while still working and organizing my household for both the incoming boxes and for the imminent visit of a friend - which means I can't just stack it all in the spare room until I get time to sort through it properly. I also have to sort through the work area as my job is being split between four different people, 1 brought in to replace me, and three others taking on elements of what I do, which means I'm having to organize a lot of things there as well as completing my usual work duties myself.

So for now, I'm not counting but once I'm settled into one location and I can spend time thinking of what to keep and what to get rid of because I really won't need it anymore, I shall resume my efforts with vigor (LOL). It's a time of flux, there are lots of positives about the change but they are accompanied by lots of stresses. For that reason, I'm taking the decision to be on hiatus from 1 in and 1 out, and 1 out a day and to do what I can, when I can, so that I can keep thinking positively.

Having said that I'm still putting as many bags of rubbish, recycling out as humanly possible and I'm trying to be realistic about things and whether I really do want to bring them back, but because of the time implications, I'm having to just go with 'I think this is for the best' at times.

Comments

[beachlass]

Big hugs for you, and kudos on giving yourself permission to be on hiatus for a while until you can resettle.

Good luck with everything!

[peaceful_sands]

Thank you for the good wishes. I think the permission to be on hiatus is a necessity for me at this point - I've got to make this a positive change, if I make the wrong kind of stress by overburdening myself with things I can control as well as those I can't, I won't be positive and I won't manage the change. I'm trying to be realistic about what I can expect of myself and at the same time making a list (even if some of it is just mentally) of what I will tackle when. Uncluttering is still high on the list, just not at the top for the next month or so, I guess. There's a possibility I might be out of work for a few weeks, so at that point I might try attacking with a vengeance! *grin*

[beachlass]

Change is stressful, even good change.