Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

hypno06

The challenges are definitely prompting us to think, aren't they! But in a very constructive way, which is what I like about them.

Karmacat

They really are. I was a bit mystified by the perfect week one (I'm a bit behind!) but MG gave me some good feedback that helped, so I've just completed that, and it was interesting to see the themes of what I really want, as opposed to fantasy (thats what *she* said and it was true) Just starting the lists now. In the last few years, I've been trained to think of the intermediate and little lists as being the steps on the way to the big one, and this sentence from Mr Big says he isn't quite thinking of it that way:These are the mid-goals that shouldn’t stop you getting the big fat juicy goals in your first list. Which is confusing, a little.

But you're right, its very constructive! That confusion, for instance, is just a leftover of "I must get it right" - and the only person I really have to get it right for is me.

Pippilongstocking

Hi Hypno (and KC) I'm not doing the challenges (yet) but I think alot of the positive thinking on here is rubbing off (on those lurking and reading as well!) - I'm certainly thinking more as well about what I want out of life and how to acheive it! All great stuff apols for butting in!!

Goodluck with the painting etc KC - eco house sounds ace!

Karmacat

Hi Fay! It sounds like you need to heal a bit more before actively doing the challenges, Fay, but I do love the way the positivity is spreading and rubbing off onto so many people, its brilliant.

Off to get a *big* snack now - I was up at 6.30, I'm hungry again!

hypno06

Yes, the challenges fit in perfectly for the stage I am at in my life right now - but had they come along 6 months ago, it would have been a very different picture, and probably not right for me to do them at all.

Cheery_Daff

Sounds like things are really moving along for you KC! And you're all right about the challenges, I've been moving things along since last Christmas really, and I'm getting to the stage where lots of things on my list *have* been crossed off, so it's a good time for me to start thinking about other things too.

I've been painting walls today too :T Although I'm sneakily trying to see if I can get away with just touching up the bits that need it, rather than painting the whole area, fingers crossed it looks ok, I am certainly not painting the whole room! (Actually, I wouldn't mind the room being painted, but there's only half a tub of paint, and it was mixed by goodness knows who about 15 years ago, and I refuse to pay for any more, so a botch job will, yet again, have to do! :rotfl:)

Also given me an excuse to rip the manky falling-apart old curtain linings out and replace them so house looks less like a squat And shake the dust out of the curtains Gosh velvet curtains get dusty when you don't take them down for 20 years :rotfl: (and you think I'm joking!! :rotfl:) And sweep the cobwebs that run all the way round the tops of the walls and ceilings

Oh dear, the things we confess to on here! :rotfl:

It *is* funny though, last year I wouldn't have even noticed the cobwebs because I was too busy falling over all the stuff all over the floor - now the floor's clear, the sofa is clear and clean, the shelves are (mostly!) dusted, so now I can get down to the business of all those other things! And in the process, I'm learning to love this house much more. Mr Daffs has been here for 20 years, I've only been here for 3, so it's taken me a while to settle in, and the process of slowly (VERY slowly!) Cleaning and dusting and giving things a tiny bit of a freshen up (without actually changing any of the decoration - he's quite particular about interior design :rotfl:) has made it feel a lot more like mine too

(and being able to sit on the sofa without being afraid of the spiders living under the cushions is a bonus too! :rotfl:)

gilligansyle

Afternoon KC, glad you enjoyed the eco house.

Good to think about the mortgage, if you can manage without one, it will give you more options.

Pippajo

The eco house sounds lovely. I find I spend a fortune in Wilko's - you can never go in for just one thing!

I painted the car port doors and cut the lawns yesterday, then we took our younger dog for a 3 mile walk and it was lovely.

Would be worth looking at the numbers, think of the fees and interest savings :money:

Karmacat

hypno06 wrote: »

Yes, the challenges fit in perfectly for the stage I am at in my life right now - but had they come along 6 months ago, it would have been a very different picture, and probably not right for me to do them at all.

Thats a really important point - Fay's situation at the moment, for instance.

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Sounds like things are really moving along for you KC! And you're all right about the challenges, I've been moving things along since last Christmas really, and I'm getting to the stage where lots of things on my list *have* been crossed off, so it's a good time for me to start thinking about other things too.

Now thats the preferred situation :j

I've been painting walls today too :T Although I'm sneakily trying to see if I can get away with just touching up the bits that need it, rather than painting the whole area, fingers crossed it looks ok, I am certainly not painting the whole room! (Actually, I wouldn't mind the room being painted, but there's only half a tub of paint, and it was mixed by goodness knows who about 15 years ago, and I refuse to pay for any more, so a botch job will, yet again, have to do! :rotfl:)

I don't blame you one tiny bit! I'm going to have to use another cream on the walls of the counselling room, but its not too dissimilar, and anyway, its often quite dim in there :cool:

Also given me an excuse to rip the manky falling-apart old curtain linings out and replace them so house looks less like a squat And shake the dust out of the curtains Gosh velvet curtains get dusty when you don't take them down for 20 years :rotfl: (and you think I'm joking!! :rotfl:) And sweep the cobwebs that run all the way round the tops of the walls and ceilings

Oh dear, the things we confess to on here! :rotfl:

I know! But getting the dust out of the curtains will be a big help in reclaiming the space - and this is what we mean by decluttering leading you on to other things

(and being able to sit on the sofa without being afraid of the spiders living under the cushions is a bonus too! :rotfl:)

Oh dear god :eek::eek::eek: Part of me wonders about that, but I've never found any :drool:

I should have come back on here last night, but between the two sets of painting, I went to Sainsbo's as planned - and bought a DVD. SF disaster movie, only £5, but it was *long* (okay, it was 2012, that Roland Emmerich thing). And I poisoned myself, basically, with watching it on the laptop and the adrenalin buzz and the disaster buzz, so I'm only just waking up properly _pale__pale__pale_

redsquirrel80

Hi Karma

As you said the other day there seems to be a lot of thinking, dreaming and planning going on here. It's all good!