Now that I am finally getting some semblance of energy and life back I need some major changes. For seven years I have been focused on just making it through the day, doing whatever I can when I have the energy. I am finding that is not working for me anymore, but the amount of stuff I have to catch up on is overwhelming.
So I am taking today to try and set some goals, organize my wants, makes some lists of things that need to be done then I am going to slowly tackle it one task at a time one day at a time. Some changes I have already made, which is good, I do laundry almost daily as well as kitchen clean-up and I put stuff away as I walk by. I have been decluttering for 15 minutes a day pretty regularly other than on the weekends and I am seeing some progress there. I have been tracking my food on myfitnesspal.com so I am aware of what I am eating and to help me lose a little more weight.
Some other things I am considering:
1. Get rid of Facebook. I use it to feel like I am connected to people and know what is going on in their lives, but really it seems to keep me from any real interaction. Granted sometimes I still have problems mood wise and I am still a bit of a hermit, but I don't think social media is the answer for this. Not sure how to handle it honestly.
2. Stop with online video games. Now that I have some energy I no longer need to play video games for fun (and I find they are not very fun anymore anyhow), I can find real life fun stuff to do. This is actually more of a happening now thing than a consideration, but since I have spent so much time in the past seven years playing I figured it deserved a mention.
3. Get a part time job. This one would be for later once my med levels are pretty secure and I can reliably have energy enough to be able to work 4-6 hours at a time. It is also highly dependent on being able to find a place who would be able to use me only one or two days a week.
For today though I need a plan, something slow and steady, not too ambitious but measurable just the same.
Going to start with some ebay selling. I have some old D&D books that need to be sold, and also I am going to list some of my crochet and paracord creations on Etsy. I think if they sell I will have motivation to make more and a way to support my yarn habit as well. Plus if Brad gets either of the 2 jobs he is applying for we will be moving soon and I need to empty out this house to make moving even possible.
And I am going to pick one room or small area of the house to deep clean every day with a 30 minute time limit. this will be in addition to the 15 minutes of decluttering daily and I do not have to do them in the same room or area either, though sometimes that may happen anyway.
Ok. Off to actually get some of this done.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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