Long day at work today and it’ll be similar for the rest of the week. Hoping to scrape some time to finish off the living room and make a Christmas cake though!
Tag: The House
Some finishing touches
Following yesterday’s house exertions, I was out and about with Mum and Dad today, visiting my cousin Jen and her family (including a highly adorable recent arrival). Bit of work to squeeze in too as it’s going to be a busy one this week! Hoping to get the rest of the living room tidied up and looking nice in the next day or so though – there are just a few more things to sort out.
More house stuff
I’ve been decluttering again today. Three large storage boxes of empty punch boards from boardgames (i.e. the cardboard sheets you punch the tokens out of). I’ve been keeping them for years because I’ve not been ready to let anything like that go. I’m getting better, slowly.
Doing a bit of a living room revamp this weekend – changing the TV setup and adapting some furniture. We’ll see how it works out but I’m looking forward to the results.
Turning into a ‘house stuff’ week
I’m rearranging furniture and organising things in the house again, and generally feeling a bit frustrated by the clutter. I’ve got rid of a lot via charity bags recently, but there’s still a long way to go!
I’ve worked through a lot of hoarding (and related) issues recently and am finding it a bit easier to let go of things, but it’s still quite a tough process. However, I’m determined to have a house that’s not 90% full of stuff I never use. Getting it to look nice is the step after that!
Being more comfortable
House projects are going well at the moment. I am mostly reorganising things (got some new crates on the way from Amazon later this week – super exciting I know!). Decluttering is an ongoing process and my hoarding tendencies make it hard. I’m planning to make a bit of a ‘station’ for it in the next few days so that it doesn’t take over the house.
I’m getting some good gaming time in this week as well. There have been a lot of times this year when I’ve been so busy with TechUP or my game projects or other things that I just haven’t scheduled enough time into the day to switch my brain off properly. I’m trying to make that a priority for the rest of the year.
Reclaiming bits of house
I took back a bit of the garage today – the bit that was full of empty cardboard boxes being kept in case I needed them. I don’t need them – I’m not moving house any time soon – and there’s no point in them taking up space, even when it’s a ‘good box’. There will always be more coming into the house as that is the way of things, and so there’ll always be one or two around if I do need them for postal packaging etc.
Recycling bin will be nice and full for the next couple of months!