I've been brainstorming. In fact, I've decided that for the next few days or so I'm going to keep right on brainstorming.
I've had all sorts of thoughts in my head on different matters, and it all kept getting tangled up into knots. If I was the least tired, I began to get irritable, frustrated and muddled in my thinking. So today I sat down with a pen and paper. I started taking things out of my mind subject by subject and dealing with them one by one in the best way I know how: listing every single thing on paper where I can plainly see it, add to it and work from it.
I have always been a visual learner. You can talk to me all day long and feed me facts repeatedly, but until I can SEE them written out it all means nothing but a lot of gibberish to me.
Admittedly I didn't get very far this morning. I spent a good hour or so and filled two pages front and back on just one subject. But I have every intention in tackling another subject here this afternoon and then another and another. I've got my sheets all labeled so I'll remember what subjects I meant to work out.
You see, I realized this morning that one of the sources of my frustrations and slumps lately has become the habit of thinking I can't do things because I haven't the funds, resources, energy, ability...You name it. I've gotten very good at whining (to myself! Goodness no one else wants to hear the litany of complaints I've been making!) and haven't spent nearly enough time DOING. There are so many things that can be done. As I pointed out yesterday sometimes the act of just cleaning alone can suddenly transform your way of thinking if you're not looking at dingy, dirty, and cluttered spaces.
It's also true that I feel overwhelmed by the size of some of the tasks but that doesn't mean I can't DO them. I just need to remember that it's okay to do them in small bites. If I can't complete a task in a day, then I'll work at it thirty minutes at a time or fifteen if it's particularly strenuous. The nice thing about work is that most jobs will (a) wait on you to attend to them and (b) do not all have to be fully completed. There are exceptions to those two rules, but they tend to be true 98% of the time.
This morning, I decided that I wanted to randomly putter around the house and that is what I've done. I often find in puttering randomly that many little things get done but nothing major is accomplished. Not true today! Today I have:
Given myself some self-care. I shaved my underarms, legs and face. I pampered my skin.
I focused on the laundry area and got the baskets above the washer and dryer organized. I moved some things to the laundry area that seem to make sense to me. We'll see if I remember I moved them there, lol. That's the true test of whether or not it makes sense.
While sorting the baskets I came across a container of seeds I'd collected for ages off of plants int he yard. I decided I'd plant some of them and when I opened the container, I found I had brand new packets of seeds in that container as well! I was so surprised and laid a few of those out to try plant as well.
It was a good time to take mental inventory of what we have and what we are getting low on. We're good on dish detergents, laundry detergent, paper products but I'm on the last box of trash bags...Duly noted and put on the list.
I'm also out of white vinegar. And my homemade vinegar spoiled. I must have contaminated it when I took the 'mother' out to examine. I was so proud of that mother, too! Lesson learned. I will try to make more apple cider vinegar
I deep cleaned my fridge.
Everything that came out of the fridge was repurposed in some way. True one or two things went outdoors as pet food, but it all got repurposed. I grated up half a zucchini to put into the freezer and used the other half to make a vegetable dish for supper tonight. I layered some sugar-free pudding I'd made with graham crackers to make a low sugar torte for weekend desserts. I decided that one item would do very nicely as the main entree for our supper tonight. I found a bell pepper I'd forgotten that was a bit past prime but not gone. That went into the vegetable dish as well, at least the good parts did.
I made breakfast, lunch and dinner ahead of each meal, not just as that mealtime has rolled up. I was prepared for each one. Supper is nearly completed. I just need to reheat the entree.
I spent an hour brainstorming one subject that I've been thinking about.
I fed all the plants, not just watered them but fed them. The temperatures are finally at the point where I feel I might safely take the palm, Thanksgiving/Christmas/Valentines'/Easter cactuses, and the orchid outdoors for the summer. Our lowest temperature in the next fourteen or so days shouldn't be more than 61. I'm going to wait until that day is past and then I'm taking those plants outdoors and putting them on the front porch.
All in all, I'm quite happy with how the day has gone. I've been steadily working but not forcing myself to do too many things at once. Tomorrow is my end of week House Blessing day. I always look forward to that! It sounds silly but having fresh bread, clean fresh sheets and a clean house at the end of the day on Friday pleases me no end. I truly do feel I can fully relax over the weekend and do!
Now I shall end. John bestirred himself to go outdoors and work a bit and I've had a very productive two or so hours this afternoon. I'm ready to slow my pace for the rest of the afternoon and relax this evening.
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