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[taimatsu]

I am good. I am going to stay positive. I have got three binbags in the bin; I have bought more binbags and made myself a Tidying Up playlist; I have updated my iPod; I have extracted 90% of the kitchen stuff that was in the living room and transported it to the kitchen; I have emptied and refilled the dishwasher and set it going; I have cleaned the hob-top (though not the black grids yet); I have put away the bread and the pasta and some other things that were lying about. The house doesn't look much different yet, but it WILL. By the end of the week I'd like to have it clean/tidy enough to hoover.

Now I think I will go and sort out some laundry.

Comments

[borusa.livejournal.com]

Blimey! Well done!

Do you want me to cook tonight (as well as tomorrow), as a sort of thank you?

[taimatsu]

You could buy me some squash and/or fruit-juice on your way home if you want to be *really* kind - I have run out and I didn't have enough change for both squash and binbags.

I'm happy to cook tonight because I've got the beef to do - but if you would actually like to then we could make some arrangement.

As I say, the house doesn't look all that different yet (and the binbag from the kitchen bin had a hole in it which I didn't notice, so there is a scatter of litter through to the front door *sigh*) but it is improving.

[my-mundane-life.livejournal.com]

Wow - go you :)
Now if only I was doing that sort of thing instead of procrastinating, eating crisps and playing Playstation. I think I've decided my holiday starts early :/
I'll be seeing you on Saturday won't I? And Robert?

[taimatsu]

Yes, we're coming :) I have yet to find my half-finished piratical shorts, though :(

[my-mundane-life.livejournal.com]

Hooray :)
The main thing is that you're coming!

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Go you -- can you bottle this Anti-Procrastination stuff? Some days (like today) I could really use it ;)

[taimatsu]

It's a combination of having a really unusably awful house, having spent a week in a tidy Landmark Trust property, and a shove from Flylady (hate hate hate). The house has just got too much for me - it's too awful, it's past even my limits, it's got to be done or I will go mad (or sink into depression again).

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Memo to self: really must check out the Landmark Trust stuff again at some point, they always seem to have such lovely places.

Just keep going, you're obviously making good progress...

[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

we will kick the house's buttocks! arrhaaarrrr!

[taimatsu]

Yay!

Robert is in general agreement with Nice People coming to help us in the near future - I am hoping to get things clear enough that we can see the floor and do some actual cleaning rather than just tidying.

[juliet]

Go you! I had a very bad morning but have managed to Do Stuff this afternoon, & am feeling consequently satisfied with myself. I find that making yourself do useful things, even small useful things, does make you feel better. So hopefully you feel a bit better :-)

Also: the house *will* look different - just keep at it.

[taimatsu]

Yes - I started by saying to myself that I was just going to empty the dishwasher, as I knew it had only about ten things in it. Then it was easy to put some more things in it; then I had got going and with the help of the Bouncy Music Of Doom I could begin to tackle the living room. :)

I do feel better, although the lack of visible impact so far is somewhat annoying. I might do some things upstairs, I think I can make the back room look a lot better with only a little effort.

[juliet]

That's the way I tend to get myself going - say I'll only do one thing & then by the time I've done that I'm in the mood to do a couple of other things as well.

Maybe focus on one area of the downstairs, similarly to doing the back room? - but getting immediately visible results is a good thing in terms of motivation, yes.

Good luck!